Strauss-Kahn taps “global citizen” for deputy post
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced today his choice to fill one of the several deputy managing director posts. He has selected Nemat Shafik, who’s about as multinational as they come: Ms. Shafik, a national of Egypt, the U.K., and the U.S., was the youngest ever Vice President of the World Bank, where she was responsible ...
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced today his choice to fill one of the several deputy managing director posts. He has selected Nemat Shafik, who's about as multinational as they come:
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced today his choice to fill one of the several deputy managing director posts. He has selected Nemat Shafik, who’s about as multinational as they come:
Ms. Shafik, a national of Egypt, the U.K., and the U.S., was the youngest ever Vice President of the World Bank, where she was responsible for a private sector and infrastructure portfolio of investments, and was part of the senior management team of the International Finance Corp. She is currently Permanent Secretary of the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), leading the department responsible for managing the U.K. overseas development strategy and budget. Prior to serving the World Bank and DFID, she worked in Cairo and as a consultant on African economies.
The IMF’s executive board still has to approve the selection, although this is usually a formality since selections are informally "pre-screened."
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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