Dr. Mulu holds a Ph.D. in economics. She served as State Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia. She has served as Economic Advisor to the President of Ethiopia; and subsequently, to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. From 2001 to January 2005. She has worked as economic consultant and as expert for international organizations, such as the UNDP in New York, and the CCPD in Geneva. She has also taught economics as an adjunct to undergraduate students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the Higher Education Opportunity Program of New York University, in New York City, for a number of years. Dr. Ketsela is a member of the Strategy Experts Panel group of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (starting September 2016). She has served as Executive Director representing seven East African countries (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania and Rwanda) on the Board of the African Development Bank Group (ADB) from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, she served as Alternate Executive Director/Senior Advisor (2010-2013) for the same constituency in the Board of the ADB. She was nominated by the previous Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to serve as member of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of the United Nations from January 2010 to December 2012. From October 2007 to November 2008, she served as the Executive Director representing twenty-two African countries for the World Bank Group, in Washington, DC; and from 2005 to 2007, as Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank for the same group of countries.