Jeffrey Hiday

Jeffrey Hiday is Director General of the Communications Department with a mandate to raise awareness and understanding of AIIB, its operations and mission among internal and external audiences. He provides public relations counsel to Senior Management on communications, brand and reputation management; acts as the senior media contact for AIIB and serves as AIIB’s official spokesperson. Before joining AIIB, he was the director of the Office of Media Relations at the RAND Corporation since 2008, where he oversaw strategic planning and daily relations with global media and provided media training and coaching. Previously, he was Director General, Department of External Relations at the Asian Development Bank. Hiday also worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London as advisor to the President, speechwriter, and head of media relations. He was a journalist for many years, covering a host of financial and public policy issues at The Wall Street Journal in London, Dow Jones Newswires in New York and London, and the Providence Journal. While in London he was a weekly commentator on CNBC. He has a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina. Hiday is from the United Kingdom and the United States.