Ingrid van Wees

Former Vice President Finance and Risk
, ADB
Profile / Bio: 

Ms. Ingrid van Wees is the Vice-President for Finance and Risk Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position in December 2016.

Ms. van Wees is responsible for the overall management of the operations of the Office of Risk Management, the Controller’s Department, and the Treasury Department.

Prior to this, Ms. van Wees was a senior official at the German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG) where her portfolio covered debt, equity and fund investments in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She also has treasury experience in developmental investment banking. Before she moved to DEG in 2004, Ms. van Wees held management positions in corporate finance and business development with private corporations.

She holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Back to Blue: Let’s Value Our Oceans Again 13 August 2024 Document Environment
Deep Dive 3.2 (Ocean Finance Track) - The Whale: Are Blue Bonds the Charismatic Megafauna of Ocean Finance? 26 January 2022 Multimedia Environment, Finance, ICT, Water
Opening remarks 09 June 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance
Deep Clean: How ‘Blue Finance’ Can Save Our Oceans 02 May 2019 Document Environment
Corporate Governance: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia 21 November 2017 Document Governance and Public Sector Management, Private Sector
Welcome Address at the 2nd Asia Finance Forum (Day 2) 09 November 2017 Slides Finance