Holger Kray is the World Bank’s Regional Manager for Agriculture and Food in Europe and Central Asia. An agricultural economist, he has global expertise in agricultural policy and strategy reform, sustainable agriculture and rural development, agri-food markets, regional integration, and public sector management. He has extensive professional experience across Africa, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Before joining the World Bank, he worked for a global management consulting firm as a senior expert on change management in the financial services industry and later headed a development consulting firm serving international organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kiel University, Germany.
