Steen is a Senior Financial Officer in the Market Solutions and Structured Finance team at the World Bank Treasury. The team provides bespoke structured finance solutions for clients and partners. These include catastrophe (cat) bonds for emerging market sovereigns where the World Bank help countries transfer cat risk to global markets. Transactions also include outcome bonds, where the World Bank transfer development outcome risks like wildlife conservation and emission reductions to global capital markets while generating up front financing for development activities. His previous experience spans financial stability, financial sector policy and World Bank lending operations. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Product expertise:
Local Currency, Financial Risk Management, and Disaster Risk Financial Products
Regional focus:
Latin America and Caribbean, and South Asia