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Obiageli K. Ezekwesili, Vice President, Africa Region has announced the appointment of Mr. Laurence Clarke as Country Director, Angola,Draymond Green Michigan State Jersey, Mozambique,Jim Harbaugh Michigan Jersey, and Sao Tome and Principe, in the Africa Region,Denard Robinson Michigan Jersey, to be based in Maputo, Mozambique. His appointment becomes effective May 9,Sean Taylor Miami Jersey, 2011.This level is the third most senior in the World Bank outside of the President and is equivalent of Assistant Secretary General in the UN. It gives him the relative seniority internationally. His most recent assignment was Manager,Lamar Jackson Louisville Jersey, Southern Sudan Programme and Juba Office.In this new position,Michael Ford LSU Jersey, Mr. Clarke’s three top priorities will be to provide transformational leadership in the Bank Group’s engagement in three countries with diverse development challenges,Jon Beason Miami Jersey, but each with enormous growth potential; consolidate and innovatively deepen the growing public and private development partnership in these resource-rich economies; and lead and support the staff in implementing the priorities of the Bank’s new Africa Strategy while adjusting to corporate realities and opportunities.Mr. Clarke was selected to this position through the Bank-wide competitive managerial selection process.Mr. Clarke,Wholesale China Jerseys, a Guyanese, joined the Bank in 1978 as a Young Professional. He has since held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within the Bank Group,Charles Woodson Michigan Jersey, including Country Manager in both Zambia and Angola. |
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