Bio

Lili Vessereau is a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on Infrastructure Finance, Public Finance, and Trade Economics. She is also a Research Scholar at the Center for International Development and a Research Assistant at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, focusing respectively on green growth and debt restructuring, as well as a Master in Public Policy Candidate.

Currently working with the World Bank, Lili brings experience from both the public and private sectors. She previously worked in an advisory position within the French Government at the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s office, worked with the United Nations, and gained experience in investment banking.

A Bretton Woods 2.0 Fellow at the Atlantic Council, she is also a European Investment Fund Empowering Equity Fellow, a European Leadership Network Young Leader, and a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. She has held fellowships with Google, OSCE, the University Consortium (Sciences Po, Harvard, Oxford, Columbia), and served as France’s Youth Delegate to the Council of Europe.

Lili holds Master’s degrees from Sciences Po Paris (Public Affairs, Cum Laude), La Sorbonne (Law, With Honors), and HEC Paris (Finance, Dean’s List), equipping her with a multidisciplinary perspective on finance, governance, and sustainable development.

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics, especially macroeconomic impact of climate change
• Sovereign Debt
• Taxation Policy