Christian Bodewig

Christian Bodewig is the World Bank Group Director for Education and Skills. Prior to this assignment, he served as Practice Manager in the World Bank’s Social Protection and Labor global department and in the Western and Central Africa region, based in Dakar. Earlier, as the Program Manager for Southern Europe at the World Bank in Brussels, he oversaw the Bank’s operational, advisory, and analytical programs in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Portugal. Between 2013 and 2018 he served as program leader for inclusive growth in the European Union where he coordinated the World Bank’s lending and advisory program in education, health, poverty and social protection and labor in EU Member States. Between 2009 and 2013, Christian worked in the East Asia and Pacific department where he led the Bank’s human development program in Vietnam. Christian brings extensive regional experience and technical expertise in social protection, labor, youth employment, skills, and education.