Guangzhe Chen

Guangzhe Chen is the Vice President for Infrastructure at the World Bank since 2023. In this position he leads the World Bank's global efforts to build sustainable infrastructure in developing and emerging economies and supports the Bank’s strategic priorities such as job creation, building resilience to climate change, and private capital mobilization. He oversees the World Bank's work across energy and transport sectors, urban development and livable cities, disaster risk and land management. Infrastructure accounts for about $110 billion of the Bank’s portfolio.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Chen served as the Regional Director for Infrastructure in the South Asia Region. He was the World Bank’s Global Director for the Transport Global Practice from 2018 to 2020 and prior to that was Senior Director for the World Bank’s Water Global Practice. He has also served as World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia, and subsequently for Southern Africa, based in Pretoria.

Mr. Chen has over 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development, infrastructure finance and management with the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank. He holds an M.A. degree in Economics from Harvard University in the USA, and B.A. in Economics from Zhongshan University in China.