New World Bank Country Director role for Ndiame Diop

The World Bank has appointed Ndiame Diop as its new Country Director for Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, effective immediately.

Diop brings to this new position 20 years of World Bank experience, working across East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Prior to this appointment, he was Practice Manager for Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment for East Asia and the Pacific, providing technical and strategic guidance to the economic team working in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Diop was also Lead Economist for Indonesia. Earlier in his career, he worked as Lead Economist for Jordan and Lebanon and World Bank Resident Representative for Tunisia.