Jens Wirth

KfW Development Bank
Energy Sector Coordinator


Jens is currently KfW’s Energy Sector Coordinator for Indonesia based in the Jakarta office. He previously served as Energy Sector Lead for South America, where he led the structuring of the Geothermal Development Facility (GDF) for Latin America as the first multi-donor initiative to promote geothermal energy on a continental level. He has worked on a variety of Geothermal, Hydro, Wind, Solar PV and Concentrated Solar Thermal deals across Latin America, Indonesia, South Africa, India
and Morocco. His previous work experience includes assignments with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Jens holds an MA in Economics and Finance from Johns-Hopkins University SAIS in Washington, D.C. and an MA in Politics and Economics from Freie Universität Berlin.