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Mr. Frederik Teufel is a Lead Coordinator in the Transition States Coordination Office at the African Development Bank (AfDB). He is responsible for promoting innovative financing mechanisms that raise resources for interventions at the humanitarian-development-peace-security nexus, including through the capital markets, and ensures that these are deployed effectively through holistic investment strategies that also leverage the private sector to build a resilient and peaceful continent.
Frederik has 18 years of experience in development finance with a focus on Africa and Latin America where he managed and evaluated projects, facilitated investments in frontier markets, and carried out political economy assessments. Prior to his current position, he was the Advisor to AfDB’s Vice-President in charge of implementing its lending program. Frederik is also the task manager of the Bank’s White Paper Series on Entrepreneurship and Free Trade and its 2014-2021 Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in Africa.
