Development Finance Fellow
Beijing, China
MA, Peking University — Yenching Academy (Economics & Management)
BA, Freie Universität Berlin — East Asian Studies & Business Administration
Siana Kazi is a development-finance and international economic policy analyst who serves as a Development Finance Fellow at the Centre for Regional Integration and curates an Asia-focused policy brief. Her focus is on South–South cooperation, EU-Asia connectivity, and the implications of trade, industrial, and green-transition policies for regional integration.
Siana has previously worked as a consultant with various think tanks on EU–China economic dialogue, as a researcher with the AIIB-administered Multilateral Cooperation Development Fund on SDG-aligned infrastructure finance, and in roles at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Bulgarian Development Bank, and the Embassy of Bulgaria in China. She works across Bulgarian, English, German, and Chinese.
