Matthew Stephenson

Head, Investment and Services

World Economic Forum

Matthew Stephenson is Head of Investment and Services at the World Economic Forum. Previously he worked at the IFC where he led the workstream on outward FDI. He has also worked at the OECD on Africa and on investment and was a diplomat for the United States on economic matters focusing on private sector development in emerging markets and reconstruction. He is a member of the T20, co-chair of the Investment Facilitation Commentary Group that advises the WTO, and part of APEC’s Investment Expert Group. He has a PhD from the Geneva Graduate Institute on Chinese investment policy, a Masters from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Bachelors from the University of Oxford.