Full Name
Mr. Guangzhe Chen
Job Title
Vice President for Infrastructure
Company
The World Bank
Country (Work Address)
United States
Speaker Bio
Guangzhe Chen is the Vice President for Infrastructure at the World Bank. He leads the Bank's global efforts to build sustainable infrastructure in developing and emerging economies and supports the World Bank Group’s strategic priorities such as the climate change action plan and the private capital mobilization and enabling efforts. He oversees the Bank's work across energy and transport sectors, urban development, as well as efforts to promote energy transition, low-carbon transportation, livable cities, disaster risk resilience, land management, and quality infrastructure services through public-private partnerships. Infrastructure represents around $110 billion of the Bank’s portfolio. An economist by training, he has over 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development, infrastructure finance and management.
Guangzhe Chen