Jörg Frieden

Member of the Board of Directors

Jörg Frieden

Member of the Board of Directors since 2018

Jörg Frieden has been active in development and migration policy for over 30 years: as Deputy Director of the SDC (2008 - 2010), as Deputy Director of the Federal Office for Migration (1999 - 2003), as representative of Switzerland and eight other countries in the World Bank Group (2011 - 2016) and as Swiss Ambassador to Nepal (2016 - January 2018). In previous years, Jörg Frieden was SDC Director in Mozambique (1989 - 93) and Nepal (2003 - 2007) and Head of the East and South Africa Division. Frieden was an advisor to Federal Councillor Calmy-Rey in the UN Commission for Sustainable Development and actually serves as Chairman of the Board at The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets. He is also the International Delegate of the Board of Directors at HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.