Andrew Wilson is the Executive Director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Washington, DC. Mr Wilson has worked with CIPE since 1996 and served a variety of roles including Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Programs, and Regional Director for Europe, Eurasia, and South Asia at CIPE. Working with CIPE he has extensive experience in dealing with private sector development issues in conflict and post-conflict settings, crafting successful business strategies to reduce corruption, encouraging entrepreneurship development, strengthening business advocacy, improving corporate governance standards, and the promotion of economic reform. He has worked with not for profit boards to improve strategic planning and organizational development, and has served on several international working groups dealing with political and economic development in transitional societies.

Wilson has worked at CIPE since 1996, and prior to that worked for several development NGOs focusing on economic reform, private sector development, and public diplomacy. He received his MA in East European Area Studies from the University of London (SSEES) and a BA in History from Lewis and Clark College. He is a board member of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Regional Center for Organizational Management in Bucharest, Romania, and is a Director of the Meadows, Foundation in Dallas, Texas.