Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

Managing Director,

GIZ

Where do I participate?

  • Advancing Responsible Digital Solutions for People-Centred Smart Cities
  • A Just Transition For All: From Concepts to Action
  • Revolutionizing with Greener Reefer: Scaling Low-Emission Reefer Solutions
  • Investing in People: Driving the Green Economy Through Skills and Jobs Development
  • Toward Global Alignment: Harmonizing Sustainable Finance Taxonomies Across Borders
  • How Can Africa Scale Urban Innovation and Unlock Capital for Resilient, Sustainable Cities?
  • The Future of Global Cooperation: Redefining Germany’s Role
  • Breaking Biases & Barriers: Gender Equality in the Digital Age
  • Prosperity and Planetary Systems Under Threat in a Multipolar World

Biography

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven is Managing Director of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH since October 2020. Ms. Hoven is a development economist with more than 30 years of international experience focusing strongly on sustainability, gender and climate issues. From 2010 to 2014, she served as World Bank Group Executive Director representing Germany. Prior to this assignment and thereafter, she held various high-level positions in the BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). During this time, Ms. Hoven spearheaded new global initiatives such as the NDC Partnership and AFR100, as well as multistakeholder partnerships in the field of climate risk insurance and finance. She is a member of, amongst others, the Supervisory Board of the German Energy Agency (dena), the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, the Agora Verkehrswende Council and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) Steering Committee. Ms. Hoven studied economics and political science at Justus-Liebig University Giessen and Université Paris IX/Dauphine. She is alumna of the postgraduate program of the German Development Institute (now IDOS).