Ursula Schaefer-Preuss

Vice-President
Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
Asian Development Bank

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss is Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She assumed office in November 2006.

Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is responsible for ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Economics and Research Department, and the Office of Cofinancing Operations.

Prior to joining ADB, she was the Director-General of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Bonn/Berlin, Germany. She was responsible for the development policy framework for various countries and regions. She was also engaged in bilateral cooperation with countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Previously, she was Chief of Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development from November 1998 to 2000.

She also held postings in the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York, the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., and the German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, in various capacities.

A German national, Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is an economist and has been engaged in the field of development policy for more than 30 years.

She took her post-graduate studies in political science, economics and sociology in Freiburg and Bonn and earned her Ph.D. in Economics and Master's degree in Economics at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg. She has economics and sociology degrees, major in development policy, from the same university.

Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is a member of the board for various research oriented institutes, and has written several publications on development issues. She speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. She plays piano, tennis, and enjoys mountain hiking.

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
ADB Vice-President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development)