Prof. Dr. Sweder van Wijnbergen


Guest speakers per committee: Oudemanhuispoort, Saturday 9th

Second Committee

3.30 – 4.45 pm – Millennium Development Goal 1, target 1: Eradicate extreme poverty
Prof. Dr. Sweder van Wijnbergen
Sweder van Wijnbergen is professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and founder and former CEO of Infomedics NV, an internet intermediary in the Dutch healthcare sector. He was professor at the London School of Economics until 1997 and Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands from 1997 until 2000. Earlier he worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, where his last position was Chief Economist for Central and Eastern Europe (1989-1993) after working on Mexico during the Brady debt deal and the NAFTA negotiations. He has advised companies and governments in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America on issues ranging from privatisation to macroeconomic policy and tax reform.