The World Bank has appointed 16 senior staff members to lead the global practices created as part of the Bank’s restructuring process.
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As part of the World Bank restructuring process, in which the Bank is creating 14 global practices and five cross-cutting areas (see Observer Autumn 2013, BulletinDec 2013), the Bank appointed 16 senior staff members in April. They will be starting their new jobs in July. Still to be names are the directors for the agriculture global practice and the cross-cutting solutions areas of public-private partnerships and of conflict, violence and fragility.
The process, referred to by newspaper Financial Times as “restructuring hell,” will be complemented by a reduction in administrative costs of $400 million over the next three years.
Name
Responsibility
Current position
Junaid Ahmad
Water global practice
Director for sustainable development, Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank
Arup Banerji
Social protection and labour global practice
Sector director for social protection and labour, Human Development Network, World Bank
Paula Caballero
Environment and natural resources global practice
Director for economic, social and environmental affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia
Claudia Costin
Education global practice
Secretary of education, city of Rio de Janeiro
Tim Evans
Health, nutrition and population global practice
Director of health, nutrition and population, Human Development Network, World Bank
Anita George
Energy and extractives global practice
Director for infrastructure, International Finance Corporation
Marcelo Giugale
Macroeconomics and fiscal management global practice
Director of poverty reduction and economic management, Africa region, World Bank
Anabel Gonzalez
Trade and competitiveness global practice
Minister of foreign trade, Costa Rica
Gloria Grandolini
Finance and markets global practice
Country director for Mexico and Colombia, World Bank
Pierre Guislain
Transport and information technology global practice
Director, World Bank Group investment climate department
Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez
Urban, rural and social development global practice
Sector director for sustainable development in the Latin America and Caribbean region, World Bank
Mario Marcel
Governance global practice
Deputy director for public governance and territorial development, OECD
Ana Revenga
Poverty global practice
Acting vice president, poverty reduction and economic management network, World Bank
Caren Grown
Gender cross cutting solutions area
Economist in residence, Department of Economics, American University
Nigel Twose
Jobs cross cutting solutions area
Director of development impact, International Finance Corporation
The Bank has also appointed a new vice president of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the IFC’s accountability mechanism.
Name
Responsibility
Current position
Osvaldo Luis Gratacós
Vice president of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO)
Inspector general of the Export-Import Bank of the USA
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