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Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

Director-General Global Issues – sector policies,
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany

Ms Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director-General of the Department for Global issues – sector policies and programmes of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has been working at the BMZ in various positions since 1986, most recently as Special Envoy for Climate and Development. From 2010 to 2104, Ms Hoven served as Executive Director to the World Bank Group, representing Germany. In 1986, Ms Hoven joined the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the field of bilateral cooperation with southern Africa. After four years in this position, she became an Advisor to the Planning Secretariat and the Finance Ministry in Guatemala at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. In 1995, Ms Hoven returned to the BMZ and held several positions at the ministry, including as Head of the BMZ Environment Division and as Director-General, responsible for bilateral development policy and cooperation, United Nations development programmes, crisis prevention and peace building, human rights and good governance, and bilateral cooperation with Asia and Latin America. Ms. Hoven was a member of the board of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance. She served as a Co-chair of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and was a board member of the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility.