Alfred Schipke

Alfred Schipke is Professor of the Practice of International Finance at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Director of the East Asian Institute (EAI) at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on international finance, with a special emphasis on China and India. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Peking University and teaches international finance at Harvard University.

Professor Schipke has authored and co-edited several books and articles, including Africa-China Economic Partnership, India’s Financial System: Building the Foundation for Strong and Sustainable Growth, The Future of China’s Bond Market, and Modernizing China: Investing in Soft Infrastructure. Before assuming his current roles at the National University of Singapore, he was the Director of the IMF–Singapore Regional Training Institute for Asia and the Pacific and held senior positions at the IMF including Assistant Director and Mission Chief for India and Senior Resident Representative and Mission Chief for China. In these roles, he provided strategic policy advice, conducted research, and fostered capacity development.

At the IMF, he was also Division Chief in the Asia and Pacific Department, where he led work on fast-growing low-income countries in Southeast Asia (Frontier Economies) and served as Mission Chief for Vietnam. Additionally, in the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, he successfully negotiated several IMF programs, including those for El Salvador and St. Kitts and Nevis.