Thomas Kessler

Thomas has more than 25 years of experience in the private reinsurance market having actively managed risks, developed (re)insurance markets and implemented innovative insurance solutions for the private and public sector to close the protection gap in the area of natural hazard, credit, political, property and casualty, agriculture and life & health risks. Since 2018 at the Asian Development Bank and in his current role in the Sector Group Finance, his mandate is to support the development of sustainable and climate finance solutions, amongst else leveraging the value proposition of the insurance industry, and to unlock private sector capital and investments into resilient infrastructure, blue and green SME, and disaster risk financing.