Carsten Mueller
Regional Industry Director, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services Asia, International Finance Corporation
Carsten is the Regional Industry Director for MAS in Asia. During his 25 years at IFC, Carsten, a German national has been appointed to various industry and regional positions at IFC’s headquarters and offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Global Equity Head responsible for equity and mezzanine investments in the manufacturing, agribusiness, and services (MAS) sectors. He was also an investment committee member for IFC’s venture capital investments. He also served as the Regional Industry Head for MAS in Europe; Middle East & North Africa based in Istanbul. Carsten’s other leadership roles included the head for IFC’s operations in Turkey, the Regional Industry Manager responsible for manufacturing, agribusiness and services in Africa based in Johannesburg and the portfolio manager for manufacturing and services in the Middle East and North Africa, based in Cairo. Prior to this, he was a Principal Investment Officer at the Global ICT Department in Washington D.C. and in Istanbul where he managed all aspects of project sourcing, analysis, and execution as leader of diverse project teams of telecom finance transactions. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Darmstadt, Germany.
