Sebastian Paust is a senior adviser to the Managing Board of Deutsche Gessellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). He is a member of the International Commission of the German Mittelstand SME Business Association MIT linked to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU parliamentary group. He is a member of the ADBI Advisory Council. He has also served as a member of the GIZ Managing Board, and as a member of the Asian Development Bank Executive Board.