Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Incumbent
Assumed office 01 March 2021
Preceded by
Philippe Le Houérou (de)
Vice President of the World Bank for for Infrastructure
In office 01 July 2018 – 01 March 2021
President
David Malpass Jim Yong Kim
Succeeded by
Riccardo Puliti
Vice President of the World Bank for Africa
In office 01 March 2012 – 01 July 2018
President
Jim Yong Kim Robert Zoellick
Preceded by
Oby Ezekwesili
Succeeded by
Hafez Ghanem
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office 05 April 2000 – 12 May 2001
President
Abdoulaye Wade
Prime Minister
Moustapha Niasse
Preceded by
Moustapha Diagne (fr)
Succeeded by
Mamadou Seck
Personal details
Born
Senegal
Nationality
Senegalese
Alma mater
University of Warwick University of Nottingham
Occupation
Economist
Makhtar Sop Diop (born June 1960 in Dakar) is a Senegalese economist and politician who has been serving as the managing director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) since 2021, making him the first African to hold the position.[1][2]
Diop earlier served as Minister of Finance and Economy in the second government of Moustapha Niasse, under President Abdoulaye Wade. He joined the World Bank in 2001 and served as vice president for Africa between 2012 and 2018 and as vice president for Infrastructure from 2018 to 2021.[2] On March 1, 2021, Diop was named managing director and Executive Vice President of the International Finance Corporation, a sister organization of the World Bank. [1]
^Makhtar Diop Appointed IFC Managing Director and Executive Vice President International Finance Corporation (IFC), press release of February 18, 2021.
^ abDavid Pilling (February 18, 2021), Senegal’s ex-finance minister to head World Bank’s private sector unit Financial Times.
Makhtar Sop Diop (born June 1960 in Dakar) is a Senegalese economist and politician who has been serving as the managing director of the International...
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Bank's Africa region from May 2007 to May 2012; she was later replaced by MakhtarDiop. She is a senior fellow at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. She...
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Forum — held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and opened by Ivorian president MakhtarDiop and the CEO of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
include the president of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, President of World Bank, MakhtarDiop, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, and former Tanzanian president Jakaya...
American business executive Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Emirati business executive MakhtarDiop, Senegalese economist Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rican economist Piyush Goyal...
President of the World Bank for Africa In office 2018–2020 Preceded by MakhtarDiop Succeeded by Himself (Eastern and Southern Africa) Ousmane Diagana (Western...
withdrawn from the group as per FIBA rules. Dynamo players Bryton Hobbs and Makhtar Gueye stated that the Burundian government had prohibited the team to wear...
Panagiotis Giannakis Head coach: Bogdan Tanjević Head coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop Head coach: Mototaka Kohama Head coach: Carlos Morales Head coach: Sergei...
ethno-linguistic group. The present Khalif of the Layene is Seydina Mouhamadou Makhtar Laye, who is a son of Seydina Mandione Laye. Caliphs of the Layene Brotherhood:...
redshirting Duncan, but was forced to play him after fellow freshman big man Makhtar N'Diaye violated NCAA rules and eventually transferred to Michigan. Duncan...
competition: 1 Mamadou Diallo Makhete Diop Pape Hamadou N'Diaye Joseph Niouky (played from 2006 until 2010) Makhtar Thioune Autonomous Port of Dakar (Port...
(1985-11-14)November 14, 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Fribourg Olympic C 35 Makhtar Gueye 22 – (1997-01-07)January 7, 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) UAB Blazers...
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