Andreas Klasen

Andreas Klasen is Director at the lill Institute for Public Value and Honorary Research Associate in the Oxford Smith School at the University of Oxford. He also serves as Honorary Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London.

His research focuses on public policy, economic competitiveness, and international finance. He made significant contributions to academic literature with publications such as „The Handbook of Global Trade Policy“ and contributions to works including “The Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management“. He regularly speaks at international conferences and fora such as COP, G7, G20, the EU, the OECD, UN conferences, and the WTO, was invited to give expert evidence to the UK Parliament, and has long-lasting experience as an economic adviser in WTO disputes.

Andreas Klasen also advises governments, development banks, export-import banks, export credit agencies and innovation funds on industrial and climate policy, innovation and export strategies, and financing instruments. Clients include the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Etihad Credit Insurance in the United Arab Emirates, the European Commission, Export Development Canada (EDC), the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, NEXI in Japan, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the United Nations and the World Bank Group.

Prior to his academic career, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Germany where he served as PwC’s Economics & Policy Leader and as Co-Head and Managing Director of Germany’s official export credit agency. Furthermore, his career includes roles as Head of Guarantees and Export Finance at Airbus Group (ex EADS) and Vice President of the Berne Union.

Andreas Klasen was educated at Leibniz University Hannover, Northumbria University, the University of Wales, the University of St Andrews, and Columbia Business School, studying law, business and theology and receiving his doctoral degree in finance. He is also a fully qualified German solicitor (Rechtsanwalt), admitted to the Bar Association (RAK Celle).