Andrew Cross has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Jan. 1, 2020. His primary responsibility is to provide strategic and technical leadership in financial and treasury management to ensure AIIB’s sustainable financial strength and steady growth in financial resources. He will also prioritize the safeguarding of AIIB’s excellent credit ratings in support of the Bank’s overall mission. Cross joined AIIB in May 2019 and served as the Assistant CFO before this appointment. Prior to this, Cross was the Deputy Treasurer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. He supported the IFC Treasurer in providing leadership and oversight for IFC treasury hub operations in London and Singapore. He joined IFC in January 2006 as a Principal Financial Officer and was a member of the funding team. He was also involved in IFC’s market borrowing operations and its emerging market local currency issuance program. Cross was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch International from 1993 onwards, initially based in London. He worked as a Director in Debt Capital Markets with responsibilities spanning sovereign, corporate and financial institution clients in the Europe, Middle East and African regions. From 2000 to 2002, he was based in Johannesburg at Merrill Lynch International with responsibilities for Southern Africa debt capital markets. Cross has an undergraduate degree from the University of Waikato, New Zealand and an MBA from the University of Cranfield, United Kingdom.