Andreas Schild, PhD
Director General
Dr Schild is a development specialist with over 30 years of experience in designing, planning, executing, and monitoring cooperation programmes, mainly in sustainable natural resource management and rural development. He is familiar with the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region through various long-term assignments (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal) and multiple missions to all of ICIMOD’s regional member countries. He has acquired considerable management experience through a number of positions that he has held including Country Director of Swiss Development Cooperation in Nepal and Rwanda/Burundi; Executive Director of Intercooperation, a major Swiss NGO; and Chief Technical Advisor in North Korea for the UNDP financed aid coordination programme. Prior to joining ICIMOD, he was the Team Leader of the Oversight Consultant and responsible for building up and implementing the National Solidarity Program (NSP) in Afghanistan on behalf of the Ministry for Rural Development and Rehabilitation.
Dr Schild has a PhD in History and Sociology from the University of Berne in Switzerland.
Dr Schild was awarded the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Environment Award by the Hon’ble Dr. Karan Singh, MP of the Government of India, Advisor to the Trust, and Chairman of the Award Committee, at the Headquarters of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) in New Delhi, India, on 14 October 2008 for his outstanding contributions, successful leadership, and strong commitment towards sustainable development over the last 30 years.
