GETTING TO KNOW XIN NIE

Xin Nie, Project Manager of Economic Growth Division, manages a sustainable livelihoods project in Asia and supports many other division and corporate initiatives such as private sector engagement and digital strategy.

Please tell us about your area(s) of expertise.

I have an interdisciplinary background and work experience in both the public and private sector. Being born and growing up in a developing country, I witnessed millions of people being lifted from poverty in less than a generation. Because of this, I was drawn to the area of economic growth and where private sector and development work intertwine. Through managing a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) project and business development efforts, my focuses include startup incubation, technical assistance to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME), financial inclusion and market systems development.

Do you have an accomplishment, programmatic result or activity that you are particularly proud of?

I contributed to education policies in relation to ethnic minorities at a national level, co-founded a startup from scratch and managed a media campaign team for a major NASDAQ initial public offering (IPO). All of these experiences continue to feed my day-to-day work at Creative, where I am particularly proud of the USAID project I am currently managing, which reaches several thousands of ethnic minorities from marginalized communities in Asia and helps them create sustainable livelihoods through increased competitiveness and market linkages.

• EXPERTISE:

  Private sector engagement, startup incubation, MSME financing, financial inclusion and fintech

• EDUCATION:

  M.Sc. in Social Policy and Development, London School of Economics | M.A. in Education Policy, Minzu University of China

• DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE:

  Development Officer for FINCA International and graduate researcher for UNESCO.

• LANGUAGES:

  Fluent English, Chinese and basic Spanish