Andy Shuai Liu has been appointed as the new External Affairs Officer for Partnerships—Philanthropy and Private Sector at The World Bank. In this role, he will focus on fostering strategic partnerships with philanthropic organizations and private sector entities to advance the World Bank’s mission of reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.
His extensive background in communications, stakeholder engagement, and digital strategy positions him well to strengthen collaboration between the World Bank and external partners.
Before this appointment, Andy served as an External Affairs Officer in Corporate Communications at The World Bank, where he played a key role in managing corporate communication strategies and enhancing stakeholder engagement.
Before that, he was the External Affairs Officer and Digital Strategy Liaison for the East Asia and Pacific region, where he developed and implemented digital communication strategies to amplify the World Bank’s work in the region.
Additionally, he contributed to sustainable development communications, covering areas such as urban development, disaster resilience, energy, environment, agriculture, and land.
Before joining the World Bank, Andy worked as a production manager and reporter with China Central Television in Beijing. He also served as a senior Chinese editor and English contributor for the International Journalists’ Network in Washington, D.C., focusing on media development and journalism training.
These experiences provided him with a deep understanding of media, public engagement, and global communication strategies.
Andy holds master’s degrees in International Relations and Public Relations, having studied Public Diplomacy at the Maxwell School and the Newhouse School of Syracuse University in New York.
He also earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Communication University of China, giving him a strong foundation in media and strategic communications.
With his broad expertise in public affairs, digital strategy, and international communications, Andy’s appointment underscores the World Bank’s commitment to strengthening philanthropic and private sector partnerships to drive impactful global development initiatives.
Philanthropists and businesses work with the World Bank to accelerate, broaden, and deepen the work that needs to be done to achieve our shared goal of ending poverty on a livable planet.
“Your investment of knowledge, ingenuity, and financial resources together with our expertise, reach, and investment is a powerful combination,” says the bank in its official website.
“ It enables low- and middle-income countries to achieve their goals in areas including climate, food security, education, health, energy, and digitalization to the benefit of their people. It enables building economies that yield jobs, opportunity, prosperity,” adds the bank.
World Bank partnership with philanthropists
There are multiple ways to partner with World Bank philanthropy, including both financial and non-financial collaboration.
- Financing: The World Bank’s lending and grantmaking operations are vital for low and middle-income countries to serve their people. You can help deliver on unmet, urgent need through a range of financial instruments or by designing investments that work in parallel to ours for complementary, compound impact.
- Knowledge: The World Bank is also a knowledge bank — and the work we do to provide advisory services and knowledge to partner governments and to share with others in the development community makes a difference. It drives the speed and effectiveness of development, and the growth of economies and job opportunities. This is where private sector and foundation knowledge and ingenuity come in. Pooling our know-how improves the quality and range of assistance governments receive.
