Aida Erba

Aida joined the Basel Institute on Governance as Specialist, Finance in January 2024. She supports the Finance team with routine accounting tasks and payments relating to the Institute’s headquarter-based and global operations.

Prior to joining the Basel Institute, Aida worked in a small family office that engaged in sustainable and purposeful investments. During that time, she also created a fair-trade fashion label that manufactured high-quality clothes completely made in Sub-Saharan Africa, from the yarn to the finished product.

Aida holds a Diploma in Economics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, with a specialisation in Development Policy and International Cooperation. Her mother tongue is both German and Tigrinya and she speaks fluent English and French.