FSD Africa
Thomas Wiechers is the Assistant Director of Risk & Resilience Finance at FSD Africa, where Thomas leads engagements with the insurance industry to transform financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this, Thomas has held various advisory roles in agricultural finance, insurance, and social security policies at organizations such as FlameTree Advisors, PULA, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). Thomas holds a MSc in Economics from The Philipp University of Marburg and a BSc in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Cologne.
FSD Africa
FSD Africa is a specialist development agency funded by the UK’s Department for International Development working to make finance work for Africa’s future. FSD Africa sees itself as a catalyst for change, working with partners to build financial markets that are robust, efficient and, above all, inclusive. It uses funding, research and technical expertise to identify market failures and strengthen the capacity of its partners to improve access to financial services and drive economic growth. FSD Africa is also a regional platform. It fosters collaboration, best practice transfer, economies of scale and coherence between development agencies, donors, financial institutions, practitioners and government entities with a role in financial market development in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, FSD Africa provides strategic and operational support to the FSD Network. FSD Africa believes strong and responsive financial markets will be central to Africa’s emerging growth story and the prosperity of its people.