Mats Filipsson joined the World Bank in 2018 with more than 25 years of experience in public debt management in areas such as institutional framework, strategy development, risk- and portfolio management and market development. Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Filipsson was the Chief Risk Officer at the Swedish National Debt Office. He has also held positions at the Debt Office related to funding activities and strategy development and has been Deputy Director at the Swedish Ministry of Finance and Technical Assistance Advisor at the IMF. Mr. Filipsson has experience in capacity building in Serbia, Jordan, Nigeria, Albania, Romania, Ukraine, and other countries. Mr. Filipsson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University, Sweden.