Michel Kerf is Regional Director, Digital and AI, for the Latin America and Caribbean Region and for the Europe and Central Asia Region. He joined the World Bank in 1993. His previous positions at the World Bank included those of Country Director for Central America and the Dominican Republic, Country Director for Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Pacific Islands, Practice Manager for Transport in the East Asia and Pacific Region; Sector Manager, Sustainable Development, for the Pacific Islands; Sector Leader for Sustainable Development in Peru and in Argentina; Infrastructure Policy Advisor in the Sustainable Development Department of the East Asia and Pacific Region; and Senior Private Sector Development Specialist in the Private Sector Development and Finance Department of the Middle East and North Africa Region.
Mr. Kerf graduated in Law from the University of Liège, Belgium, and obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has taught, as Visiting Professor, at the universities of Liège and at the College of Europe in Bruges. Mr. Kerf is the author of several publications on subjects related to concessions, privatization, and competitiveness of infrastructure service provision.