Björn Thies is the Director of the KfW Tirana Office since April 2016 overseeing KfWs activities in Albania in the areas of energy, water and wastewater, solid waste management as well as environmental protection and sustainable economic development. He joined KfW Development in 2004 working in the Asia department both at HQ as well as Director of the KfW office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to his posting to Albania Björn worked as a Senior Manager at the Frankfurt Headquarter.

Björn studied International Economics at the University of Tübingen and Peking University holding an MSc of Economics