Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference-2020

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Christoph Graf

Counsellor / DAC Delegate
Swiss Delegation to the OECD

Presentation

Before his current assignment in Paris, Christoph Graf served as Swiss Ambassador to Albania and Director of Cooperation at the Swiss Embassy in Tirana. Before he acted as Deputy Head of the Department Global Cooperation of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berne, Switzerland. He was responsible for development policy issues, the dialogue with multilateral institutions, and the implementation of thematic Global Programmes such as climate change, food security, water and migration. Earlier he served for the Swiss Government as Regional Director of Cooperation for Central America in Nicaragua. Then he headed the Evaluation and Controlling Unit of SDC, and directed the South Asia Division in Berne, in charge of the bilateral cooperation programmes with Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh, and of the policy development in the field of conflict, fragile contexts and human rights. Before joining the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Christoph Graf studied Geography and Economics at the University of Zurich, worked for the Swiss banking sector and carried out consultancies for the business sector in Europe. Christoph Graf grew up in Solothurn, Switzerland. He is married and has two adult children.
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