Executive Director, A2II
As Executive Director, Matthias is responsible for the overall performance and development of the initiative and ensuring that it serves its target group at the most professional level.
Matthias Range has nearly two decades of expertise in strategic planning and implementation of various projects in the realm of inclusive finance and insurance, climate and disaster risk management/insurance, and private sector development with GIZ. In his last position at GIZ he headed the unit dealing with Risk Finance and Insurance.
Over the last 12 years, Matthias was responsible for building up the insurance portfolio at GIZ, developed G7 Initiatives, partnerships and several fundamental concepts. He started his career within the reconstruction after the Tsunami in 2004 in Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia. With more than 20 publications and numerous contributions to international conferences, holding memberships of advisory boards (such as Toronto Centre's Insurance and Pensions Advisory Board (IPAB), CGAP, IDF, UC Davis, and ICII, among others) and working experience in over 70 countries, Matthias Range is a recognised expert within the international development community.
He holds degrees in business administration with a focus on international marketing and change management at NUS Singapore and RWTH Aachen. He and his family live close to the mountains in Bavaria's capital Munich.
