Jan Martin Witte

Board Director

Jan Martin Witte is the Chief Operating Officer of Cygnum Capital’s asset management business. Cygnum Capital is an emerging markets multi-asset manager, with USD 1,1bn AUM. Jan also serves on the independent Technical Advisory Panel of the Green Climate Fund.

Prior to joining Cygnum Capital, Jan spent 15 years with KfW Development Bank. In his last role, Jan Martin served as the Director of the Global Equity and Funds department of the bank. As such, he oversaw KfW’s impact investment portfolio globally, with equity investments across ~60 funds and ~25 financial institutions, and a total investment volume exceeding EUR 4 billion.  Prior to that appointment, Jan Martin served in different roles at KfW Development Bank, including as Director of the Central Africa and Regional Funds department; as Director of the Pretoria Office in South Africa; as Head of Division for Infrastructure in Southern Africa; as well as Senior Project Manager for Energy in East Africa (based in Kampala, Uganda).

Before joining KfW in 2009, Jan Martin was co-founder and Associate Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, Germany.

Jan holds a PhD and MA in international relations and international economics from the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.