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Mr. Jin Liqun is the inaugural President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. On July 28, 2020, he was elected to serve a second term of five years, beginning on Jan. 16, 2021. Before being elected as the Bank’s first president, Mr. Jin served as Secretary-General of the Multilateral Interim Secretariat tasked with establishing the Bank.

Mr. Jin has rich experience across the private and public sectors, as well as with MDBs. He served as Chairman of China International Capital Corporation Limited, China’s first joint-venture investment bank, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of China Investment Corporation, and as Chairman of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Mr. Jin previously served as Vice President, and then Ranking Vice President, of the Asian Development Bank, and as Alternate Executive Director for China at the World Bank and at the Global Environment Facility. He spent nearly two decades at the Chinese Ministry of Finance, reaching the rank of Vice Minister.

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Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.

Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.

From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.

From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.

Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.

In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.

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Thia is Manager of the Economics Unit. The unit is responsible for economic analysis, which includes macroeconomics monitoring, country and sectoral infrastructure needs, debt sustainability analysis, review of project economics, as well as supporting sector and investment strategies at the Bank. Prior to joining the Bank, Thia was the director responsible for national security and community budgets in the Ministry of Finance (Singapore), overseeing fiscal spending on security, sports, community and telecommunication infrastructure. Having graduated with an Economics PhD degree from London School of Economics, Thia was also previously the Director for Economics at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, responsible for macroeconomic analysis, research, policy evaluation, as well as the development of the Economist Service in Singapore.

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Gregory Liu brings 23 years of infrastructure finance experience into AIIB’s Investment Operations Department and currently oversees sovereign and nonsovereign backed financing in East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and Non-regional Members. Prior to joining AIIB, Gregory stayed 10 years in Singapore with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and acted as the Regional Head of Export & Agencies Financing, Head of LNG and Head of Greater China in its Investment Banking Department Asia. At SMBC, Gregory advised a variety of sponsors from different continents to raise in excess of USD 6 billion of debt for energy or energy infrastructure projects. Before coming back to Asia, Gregory was a Director at Fitch Ratings in London covering regulated utilities after his 10 years services with Dresdner Kleinwort in Frankfurt and London. At Dresdner group, Gregory acted as the originator and structurer of infrastructure finance in the UK and continental Europe market.

Gregory holds a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics.

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Haider leads the Investment Operations Region 2 Banking team responsible for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Central, East and West Asia. The banking team covers i) Capital Markets & Structured Products, ii) Digital Infrastructure & Industry, iii) Financial Institutions & Syndications, and iv) Private Equity. After joining AIIB in September 2016 in the Policy & Strategy team, he transferred to Investment Operations in January 2018. One of his primary responsibilities in Policy & Strategy was developing and implementing AIIB’s strategy for Private Capital Mobilization, one of the Bank’s three thematic priorities.

Before joining AIIB, Haider was Managing Director & Asia Pacific Head for project and infrastructure finance at Citicorp International Limited and was based in Hong Kong. His team was responsible for supporting clients with bespoke financing solutions and for leading a number of award-wining infrastructure financing transactions across the region. Prior to the 21 years at Citicorp International Limited, Haider spent 6 years in corporate banking roles with JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America. Haider holds BBA and MBA degrees from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi.

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Charlotte Roule is Overseas Representative in Paris of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Executive President of Storengy and President of the Gas Storage Europe association.

With over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, she was Chief Strategy Officer of the ENGIE group, in charge of strategic dialogue and competitive intelligence, coordination of the long-term vision and energy transition scenarios, and supervision of major investments. She was also CEO of Storengy UK and then CEO of ENGIE China, where she developed projects focused on clean energy (mainly solar) and clean solutions for cities and industries, such as district cooling and electric mobility. She served as VP of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from 2018 to 2021.

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Mr. Bagnasco has been actively involved in the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) since his arrival in China. Since 2008, he has alternatively covered positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman of Construction Working Group. He has been also focusing on EU SME sector. In 2013, he was elected as Italian State Representative in the Supervisory Board of the EUCCC. Since 2014 till now, he became Member of the Chamber Executive Committee. Since 2017, he serves as Vice President. In 2021 he became also Chairman of Southwest China.
He has been involved in the preparation, implementation and development activities of EU-China Sustainable Urbanization Partnership. Mr. Bagnasco was also one of the four European experts, members of the Taskforce in charge EU-China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue framework agreement promoted by DG-RTD and MoST.
In 2016 he received the Knighthood of the Order of the Star by appointment of President of the Italian Republic to have acquired special credits and in the promotion of friendship cooperation of Italy with China.
Massimo Bagnasco is the CEO of China Europe Carbon Neutral Technology, a consulting firm which provide holistic solutions to the decarbonization target by the contribution of international academic experts and leading technology companies.
In 2004, he joined Progetto CMR, the only Italian integrated design firm ranked in the top 100 worldwide. The same year he moved to China setting up the local company (Progetto CMR Beijing) with offices in Beijing and Tianjin. He operated as Managing Director and was involved in several projects in China, including master plans, hotels, mixed use complexes, retail and sports venues. In 2009 he became a shareholder partner.
From 2017 to 2022, he is appointed as the visiting professor of School of Architecture and Design at Beijing Jiaotong University.
In 2019, he was appointed as member of advisory committee of International Centre for Creativity and Sustainable Development under the auspices of UNESCO (Category 2).
In 2021 he was appointed by the Politecnico of Turin University as China Centre advisory board member.
In 2023 he was nominated “Professional Affiliate" at IdM Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Mr. Bagnasco got a Master degree in Urban Planning and a bachelor degree in Architecture at University of Genoa.

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Kitty has over around 20 years’ experience at multi-national companies, with solid track record in the energy industry, from petrochemical, oil & gas, to power and electrical industry. She has with both conventional energy sector, and new/integrated energy sectors.

She has deep understanding of the digital transformation of energy management and manufacturing industry. She has accumulated expertise from various roles including business development, strategy and integration, government and partner affairs, public policy advocacy, corporate communications and campaigns, and CEO thought leadership. More importantly, she has adequate understanding of China political and social ecosystem with first-hand experience in business access, capital project investment, operational issues of challenges, with key government agencies and business partners.