Lorenz Gessner has extensive experience in the finance and development sectors, currently serving as KfW Director for Ukraine and Moldova, and previously as Senior Project Manager for Energy in South East Asia and Country Director at KfW Development Bank since February 2014. Prior to this role, Lorenz Gessner served as an Investment Committee Member at Deutsche Bank Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium II from February 2013 to July 2019 and worked as a Senior Project Manager at KfW from May 2009 to December 2013. Earlier in the career, Lorenz Gessner was a Senior Consultant at IPC GmbH from January 2002 to April 2009. Lorenz Gessner holds a degree from Technische Universität Dresden, where studies were completed from 1997 to 2001.