Jeffrey Baker is a 21-year U.S. Treasury Department veteran currently serving as the Treasury Representative to Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Before his assignment in Singapore, he served as the Director of the Office of Investment, Energy and Infrastructure at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, DC. His responsibilities included policy development and oversight with respect to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and representing the United States at the G20 Infrastructure Working Group, the G20-OECD Task Force on Long-term Investment and the Strategic Council of the Global Infrastructure Hub. Prior to that, Jeffrey served for four years as the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank where he led day-to-day engagement on major operational policy reforms including to the Bank’s environmental and social risk mitigation policies and public sector procurement policies. Jeffrey’s service at the World Bank was preceded by four years serving as the Director of Treasury’s Europe and Eurasia Office where he oversaw the development of policy recommendations in response to the Euro Area financial crisis. Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Jeffrey holds bachelor degrees in biology and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and a graduate degree in Pacific international affairs from the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego.