Zuzana Brixiova

Zuzana Brixiovia Schwidrowski previously served as Director of the Macroeconomics, Finance & Governance Division and before that, as Director for the Sub-Regional Office for North Africa. Before joining the ECA, Ms. Schwidrowski was the Vice President and Senior Analyst covering Southern Africa sovereigns and several African MDBs at Moody’s Investors Service. She also served as Lead Advisor to the Chief Economist and Vice President at the AfDB and as the IMF Resident Representative in Belarus and Lithuania. 

Ms. Schwidrowski's experience in academia includes being an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town, a Fulbright Scholar at Addis Ababa University, and a Research Fellow at IZA. 

She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.