A former World Bank economist, Craig Wilson has more than 20 years professional experience working in 30 countries on a broad range of economic policy and strategy issues across government, industry and the not-for-profit sector. In that period he has delivered:

  • whole-of-government strategies (for example, macroeconomic growth, export strategy, investment attraction, private sector development, economic zoning);
  • created and analysed economic policy (for example, business regulation process mapping, regulatory impact assessment, regulatory reform initiatives, sector studies, supply chain analyses, resource royalty fund analysis);
  • devised and implemented corporate strategies (for example, sustainability, community development, economic impact, political economy issue management); and,
  • designed and managed major multidisciplinary projects (for example, business services, business infrastructure, financial sector development).

 

Immediately before joining Marsden Jacob Associates, Craig served during much of 2011 as an advisor to an Australian mining company developing a major new copper-gold project in Indonesia, focusing on sustainability issues. From 2007 to 2011 he was the CEO of a not-for-profit public company in Australia which had offices and staff in several countries and catalysed a number of major regional economic development initiatives, inter alia, in the energy, resources and finance sectors. Between 2005 and 2007 Craig was jointly employed by the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank Group’s Foreign Investment Advisory Service in South Asia where he led a number of high-level investment climate initiatives. Between 2000 and 2004 Craig worked for the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management area, as well as consulting to a number of other international agencies. During the 1990s he served as a diplomat in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including long-term postings in Jakarta and Phnom Penh where he focused on a wide range of economic policy issues across various sectors. Craig has co-authored two books which examine private sector investment in developing countries.