Anwar Aridi is a Senior Private Sector Specialist at the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice of the East Asia and Pacific unit based in Seoul, South Korea. Before he was at the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) unit based in Sofia Bulgaria. He joined FCI’s global unit as a Young Professional in 2015 in Washington DC. Anwar specializes in science, technology, and innovation policy, private sector development, technology entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He previously worked as an Economic and Technology Policy Analyst at SRI International Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development and as a JPA at the World Bank MENA CMU. His latest books are Innovative Korea: Leveraging Innovation and Technology for Development, Europe 4.0: Addressing the Digital Dilemma and Innovation Agencies: Cases from Developing Economies (World Bank). Anwar holds a Ph.D. from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at the George Washington University (GWU) in Science and Technology Policy.