Contributor

Michel Mordasini

Vice-President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Michel Mordasini was appointed Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 1 December 2013. Mordasini, a Swiss national, has over 30 years in bilateral and multilateral cooperation, development and poverty reduction in the international area.

As Assistant Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Mordasini played a leading role in the orientation and delivery of Swiss multilateral aid and SDC’s response to global challenges faced by developing countries, with a particular focus on climate change, water, food security, and migration and development. His responsibilities also included strategic analysis and positioning in relation to the international development agenda.

Mordasini’s long and distinguished career includes five years as Executive Director on the Board of the World Bank Group, representing Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In this capacity, he was involved in conducting the general operations of the World Bank and overseeing the Bank's business; he also served as Chairman of the Board’s Budget Committee.

For 12 years, Mordasini had leading functions at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Berne, formulating, implementing and supervising economic and trade-related support for developing and transition countries.

Mordasini has rich field experience in development cooperation. Under SDC, he was posted for 14 years to various developing countries in Asia and Africa. Prior to this he held senior positions with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda over a period of seven years.

Mordasini is an economist with a master’s degree in political economy from the University of Geneva.

Submit a tip

Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters? Here’s how.