Max von Bonsdorff is the chief partnership officer in IFAD’s Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division. In this capacity, von Bonsdorff leads GPR’s team that designs, implements and supports IFAD’s resource mobilisation efforts, covering issues such as replenishment and supplementary funding processes.
Max joined IFAD in August 2020 from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland in Helsinki, where he worked as Director of the Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Co-operation. Between 2004-2016 he held various positions in MFA Finland, such as economic and results management adviser. Previously, he had worked as Head of Cooperation at the Embassy of Finland in Vietnam and as Executive Director’s adviser in the Asian Development Bank.