Andrew Jeffries

Background

About Andrew Jeffries

Global infrastructure finance and economic development professional with over 28 years of infrastructure delivery experience and more than three decades of professional expertise across both public and private sectors. Currently the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Country Director for the Philippines leading country operations and engagement. From 2023 to mid-2025, served as Advisor for the Energy Transition Mechanism and Partnerships team, leading efforts to mobilize concessional and commercial capital to support energy transition across Asia. Served as ADB’s Country Director for Viet Nam (2020–2023) and Director of the Southeast Asia Energy Division (2016–2020), where he was responsible for the division’s investments in energy infrastructure, policy advice, sector reform assistance, and promoting regional energy cooperation in the Southeast Asia region. He headed ADB’s energy sector operations in India from 2013 to 2016 based in New Delhi. Prior to ADB, was a Senior Vice President in the New York office of Fortis Capital Corp. following the position of Vice President in the Global Energy division of GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group, where he led transaction execution of structured finance transactions, project financings, and equity and preferred equity investments in energy infrastructure. Prior to GE Capital, worked for Caithness Energy LLC, a New York-based project developer of geothermal power and other independent power generation projects in the U.S. and Southeast Asia.