Anne Kersting

Anne Kersting is a Policy Advisor at J-PAL Global, where she works on the finance and social protection sectors. As a member of the Policy group, her work includes synthesizing evidence, contributing to policy publications, and collaborating with research and implementation partners on evidence-based policymaking.

Prior to joining J-PAL in 2025, Anne worked at Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH as a Project Developer and Technical Advisor on Sustainable Finance in Germany. Within previous roles at GIZ, she worked in Nigeria supporting the implementation of projects on economic development and focused on collaboration with private foundations and philanthropies. Besides GIZ, she worked at the UN Secretariat in New York and in the financial industry and for a parliamentarian in Germany.

Anne holds a Master's degree in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a BA in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth.