Joachim Bald

Dr. Bald is Frankfurt School’s most senior international advisor and a recognized expert in Treasury, Risk and Asset Liability Management. He serves as lead consultant at the Frankfurt School Competence Center in Risk Management and regularly manages complex implementation assignments in Europe, Asia and Africa. Joachim maintains a large portfolio of advisory mandates including recent and ongoing interventions with EIB, EBRD, KfW, African Development Bank, as well as at Cairo Amman, Etihad and Ahli Bank in Jordan, HKL and PRASAC in Cambodia, XacBank and Khan Bank in Mongolia and many more.

Dr. Bald is a Member of the Board of Directors at Bai Tushum Bank in Kyrgyzstan, at KMF in Kazakhstan and at FIDEF / EFA-Group in Singapore. At Frankfurt School, Joachim is the Academic Director of the Certified Expert in Risk Management and also teaches Asset Liability Management in the Certified Expert in Treasury and Markets (CETM) program in partnership with AEFMA. In his early career, Dr. Bald worked at Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt and Deutsche Börse Systems, the IT division of the German stock exchange in Frankfurt and Chicago. Joachim holds a German MBA (Diplomkaufmann), a doctorate in economics and is also a US Certified Management Accountant. Joachim is fluent in English, French, German and Russian.

Career summary:

• July 16, 2018, till present – EFA Group, Singapore, Director of FIDEF (Financial Institutions Development Fund).
• December 18, 2014, till present – KMF MFI LLC, Kazakhstan, member of the Supervisory Board, Chairperson of the Risk Committee, member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and HR Committee.
• December 20, 2003, till present – Bai Tushum Bank OJSC, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, member of the Supervisory Board.
• August 1, 2004, till present – Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany, Consultant, Trainer, Lecturer.
• August 1, 2004, till present – home office in Oregon, USA, self-employed development finance consultant and trainer.
• April 1, 2001 – July 31, 2004 – Deutsche Boerse Systems Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Vice President and General Manager.
• October 21, 1999 – March 31, 2001 – Deutsche Börse Systems AG, Frankfurt, Germany, IT Project Manager.
• December 1, 1995 – October 20, 1999 – Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, Head of International Internship Programs, Lecturer in Finance.
• June 10, 1990 – July 31, 1995 – Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, Assistant Regional Manager for CIS countries.

Education:

• 1983-1989 – Dortmund University, Germany, certified economist.
• 1991-1994 – Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, PhD in Economics.