World Bank appoints new country manager for Haiti

Laurent Msellati has been appointed as the World Bank’s new Country Manager for Haiti. He will be based in Port au Prince.

Since joining the World Bank in 1991, Msellati has held several positions in the Africa, Middle East and North Africa, East Asia and Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean regions. He recently served as World Bank Country Manager for Mauritania and has also been Practice Manager of the Agriculture Global Practice in Latin America and the Caribbean region.  

Msellati will lead the implementation of the World Bank’s program in Haiti, which includes an active portfolio of 20 projects worth about $915 million, financed by the International Development Association and trust funds. Project areas include transport, energy, agriculture and food security, health, education, water supply and sanitation, finance, governance, macroeconomics, social protection and jobs, and digital development.