Jingdong Hua

Jingdong Hua is a senior fellow within the International pillar at the Milken Institute and vice chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in Montreal, a position he has held since October 2022. He previously served as vice president and treasurer of the World Bank in Washington, DC, also acting as administrator of the World Bank Group Pension Fund and serving on its finance committee. Prior to that, Hua was vice president and treasurer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and earlier served as deputy treasurer at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines. His international career also includes roles with the United Nations Development Programme in New York and the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Hua began his professional journey as a chemical engineer in Beijing in 1983 and has since become a global leader in international finance and capital market development in emerging and developing economies. Hua is passionate about capital market development in emerging markets and developing economics to bring investment and liquidity to the needs of entrepreneurs and the private sector. While at the IFC and World Bank, he partnered with the Milken Institute to launch the IFC-Milken Institute Capital Markets Program and the World Bank-Milken Institute Public Financial Asset Management Program, both aimed at training future capital market leaders in developing economies.

In addition to his role at the ISSB, Hua serves on the supervisory board of TCX, a Dutch alternative investment fund providing local-currency solutions to emerging and frontier markets. He is also a board member of the United Nations Sanitation and Hygiene Fund and serves on the international advisory board of Zhejiang University International Business School.