Thomas Wiechers, BMZ Social Protection Systems

Thomas first encounter with microinsurance was his master thesis on the financial viability of community-based health insurance in India. When graduating with a Master Degree in Economics in 2006, he joined GIZ as a junior adviser on microinsurance. In 2007, he moved to GIZ’s health programme in Indonesia, where he worked with the Indonesian government on the introduction of a social health insurance scheme. Afterwards he worked for the International Labour Organization for three years, first as a Health Policy Officer at headquarters in Geneva and then as Social Security Policy Adviser in Zambia, where he was also involved in ILO’s microinsurance market development activities. Since 2012, he is back at GIZ, where he works as Social Protection Adviser. A key focus of his role is on microinsurance.
 

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Working group: Social Protection, Health

Email address: thomas.wiechers(at)giz.de

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