Bert Hofman is an Honorary Senior Fellow on Chinese Economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis. He is a Professor at the East Asian Institute at the National University Singapore (NUS). Mr. Hofman is also a Senior Fellow at MERICS in Germany. Before joining NUS, he worked with the World Bank for 27 years, 22 of which in Asia, and 12 of which on China. He was the World Bank Country Director for China 2014-2019, the China country economist 2004-2008, and the Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific region 2011-2014. Mr. Hofman also worked at the Kiel Institute of World Economics, the OECD, and NMB Bank (Now ING). He studied economics in Rotterdam and Kiel.