Profile
Jan Vassard advises governments, development banks and export credit agencies on analytics, strategy and organisational change.
He brings more than 35 years of experience in government and public companies, covering policy, public-private partnerships, strategic management, international relations and economic research. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing Denmark’s export credit agency as an independent public company. As Deputy CEO of EKF (now EIFO), he oversaw international relations, policy, ESG and risk analysis, and he was an elected participant in international export credit forums including the Berne Union.
Career
- Senior Associatelill Advisory
- Deputy Chief Executive OfficerEKF, Denmark’s export credit agency
- Elected participantInternational export credit forums, including the Berne Union
- Policy, strategy and economic research rolesDanish government and public companies
Selected client work
UK Export Finance
Preparing public financial institutions for megatrends
An Asia-Pacific government
Learning how public finance supports the climate transition
A Nordic export credit agency
Assessing an export credit agency’s competitiveness
A European export credit agency
Redesigning the transaction process
Selected publications
Working paper
Navigating new trade horizons: supporting exporters in a world of change
Commentary
The new OECD Arrangement on export credits: breakthrough or bad compromise?
Book chapter
A global regime for export credits in the new world (dis)order: challenges of multipolarity
Journal article
Money matters on our way to a greener future: biogas plants’ financing with export credits
