#Senegal’s ex-finance minister to head World Bank’s private sector unit

Former Senegal finance minister to head IFC, World Bank declares

The announcement comes just days after the World Trade Organisation selected Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new Image
director-general, the first African and first woman to serve in that role.

The World Bank has selected former Senegal finance minister Makhtar Diop to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a critical time for the global recovery. He would be the first African
to lead the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which leverages financing to support private firms in developing nations.

Diop, an economist who studied in Britain, worked in finance before entering government. He was named Senegal's minister of Economy and Finance in April
2000, a position he held for just over a year.

The announcement comes just days after the World Trade Organisation selected Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new director-general, the first African and first woman to serve in that role.

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