Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL
Background: Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL is Associate Professor of Practice in Economics and Director of the Green Finance & Development Center at the Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, China, and a Visiting Faculty at Singapore Management University (SMU). He previously served as Director for the IIGF Green BRI Center in Beijing, as Director for the Sino-German Cooperation on Sustainable Transport in Beijing, and worked in over 15 countries with the World Bank. He also founded and sold two companies in tech and innovation in Germany’s startup capital Berlin.
Christoph regularly contributes to policies and provides research/consulting amongst others for the BRI Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) as the lead author of the Green Development Guidance Baseline Study, for the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, various private and multilateral finance institutions (e.g. ADB, IFC, as well as multilateral institutions (e.g. UNDP, UNESCAP) and international governments.
He has authored books, articles, and reports, including UNDP’s SDG Finance Taxonomy, IFC’s “Navigating through Crises” and IFC’s “Corporate Governance – Handbook for Board Directors”. Christoph holds a Master of Engineering and a PhD in Economics from the Technical University Berlin, as well as a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
