Ruth Jacoby

Biography

Ruth Jacoby served as a member of ECDPM's supervisory board from March 2016 to June 2025 and now acts as an honorary advisor to the board. She is a former director-general for international development cooperation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a member of the UN High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence, a former executive director of the board of the World Bank, and a former ambassador of Sweden to Germany and Italy.