Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, has been appointed the World Bank’s Vice President for Africa.
He succeeds Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili who will return to Nigeria in early May after serving as the region’s Vice President since 2007.
Mr. Diop, who has been the World Bank’s Country Director for Brazil since 2009, will take up his new position on 6th May 2012.
A former Finance Minister in Senegal and Chair of the West African Monetary Union (WAEMU) Board of Finance Ministers, Mr. Diop joined the World Bank in 2001 and has served in various senior positions, including as the World Bank’s Country Director for Kenya, Eritrea, and Somalia, as well as Director of Strategy and Operations in the Bank’s Latin America and Caribbean region.
