Jan joined the World Bank Transport Global Department in January 2025, to support World Bank client countries to reform and expand investment in the maritime and port sector.

From 2003 to 2024, Jan worked for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), since 2016 as Head of the Trade Logistics Branch. He developed and led technical assistance programs in trade facilitation, co-authored and coordinated of the Review of Maritime Transport, and initiated the Maritime Country Profiles, the International Transport Costs Data Set, and the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index.

Previously, Jan spent six years with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin Americaand the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago de Chile, and two years with the International MaritimeOrganization (IMO) in London and Santiago. Prior to this, he held part time positions as assistantprofessor, import-export agent, seafarer, translator, and consultant. For eight years, he alsoworked part time for the family tramp shipping business Hoffmann Shipping, based in Horneburg,Germany, with a tweendecker registered in St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda.

Jan has studied in Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain, and holds a doctorate degree in Economics from the University of Hamburg. He is member of the boards of various journals and professional associations, and from 2014 to 2018 was president of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME).

Dr Hoffmann has been to more than 140 countries and had his hair cut in 85.

He has three sons and one wife.

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