AfDB appoints Lamin Barrow to Nigeria senior director role

The African Development Bank has appointed Lamin Barrow as Acting Senior Director – Nigeria Country Office, effective 1 November.

Barrow, a Gambian national, joined the African Development Bank in 2000. He is currently Director, Joint Secretariat Support Office for the African Development Bank, African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa in the Office of the President. 

Since joining the bank, he has served as Senior Financial Analyst (2000-2007), Principal Country Programme Officer, Rwanda Country Office (2007-2009), and Resident Representative in Ethiopia. 

In 2013, he was appointed as Manager, Operations, Technical Support and Regional Approaches in the Transition States Support Department and subsequently as Manager, Cabinet Office of The President with the rank of Director (2013-2017). 

Barrow also served as Task Manager for the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (2005-2006) and, as Officer-in-Charge, he helped to establish and operationalize the bank's Kenya Country Office (2006-2007). Prior to his career at AfDB, Lamin worked at The Gambia National Investment Board as Head of the Project Development Unit, Investment Promotion Division, and Division Manager, Export Promotion.