Dr. Peter Hefele

Dr. Peter HEFELE is economist by profession. He joined Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in 2003 as Head of the Department of Economic Ed-ucation. In 2006 he became Head of Division China, South East Asia, India / Team Asia and the Pacific at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Berlin (Germany). From December 2010 to February 2015, he worked as Di-rector of the Shanghai Office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Since March 2015 he is working as founding Director of the new Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific. His main fields of expertise are economic policy, transformational economy, and international development cooperation. He is also an expert on political, economic, ecological and social developments in Asia and China.