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Picha: Ajay Banga
Wakurugenzi Watendaji wa Benki ya Dunia leo wamemteua Ajay Banga kuwa Rais wa Benki ya Dunia kwa muhula wa miaka mitano kuanzia Juni 2, 2023.
Ajay Banga hivi majuzi aliwahi kuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti katika General Atlantic. Hapo awali, alikuwa Rais na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Mastercard, shirika la kimataifa lenye wafanyakazi karibu 24,000.
Chini ya uongozi wake, MasterCard ilizindua Kituo cha Ukuaji Jumuishi, ambacho kinakuza ukuaji wa uchumi ulio sawa na endelevu na ushirikishwaji wa kifedha duniani kote. Alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Heshima wa Chama cha Kimataifa cha Biashara, akihudumu kama Mwenyekiti kuanzia 2020-2022. Alikua mshauri wa hazina ya General Atlantic inayozingatia hali ya hewa, BeyondNetZero, ilipoanzishwa mwaka wa 2021.
Banga aliwahi kuwa Mwenyekiti Mwenza wa Ushirikiano wa Amerika ya Kati, muungano wa mashirika ya kibinafsi ambayo yanafanya kazi ili kuendeleza fursa za kiuchumi kwa watu wasio na huduma bora nchini El Salvador. , Guatemala, na Honduras. Hapo awali alikuwa kwenye Bodi za Msalaba Mwekundu wa Amerika, Chakula cha Kraft, na Dow Inc.
Ajay Banga ni mwanzilishi mwenza wa The Cyber Readiness Institute na alikuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Klabu ya Uchumi ya New York. Alitunukiwa Medali ya Chama cha Sera ya Kigeni mnamo 2012, Tuzo la Padma Shri na Rais wa India mnamo 2016, Medali ya Heshima ya Ellis Island na Tuzo la Uongozi wa Kimataifa la Baraza la Biashara la Uelewa wa Kimataifa mnamo 2019, na Marafiki Mashuhuri wa Huduma ya Umma ya Singapore. Nyota mwaka 2021.
Wakurugenzi Watendaji walifuata mchakato wa uteuzi uliokubaliwa na wanahisa mwaka wa 2011. Mchakato huo ulijumuisha uteuzi wa wazi, unaozingatia sifa na uwazi ambapo mwanachama yeyote wa benki angeweza kupendekezwa na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji au Gavana kupitia Mkurugenzi Mtendaji. Hii ilifuatiwa na uchunguzi wa kina na mahojiano ya kina ya Bw. Banga na Wakurugenzi Watendaji.
Bodi inatarajia kufanya kazi na Bw. Banga kuhusu mchakato wa Mageuzi ya Kundi la Benki ya Dunia, kama ilivyojadiliwa katika Mikutano ya Majira ya Masika ya Aprili 2023, na juu ya matamanio na juhudi zote za Kundi la Benki ya Dunia zinazolenga kukabiliana na changamoto ngumu zaidi za maendeleo zinazokabili nchi zinazoendelea.
Rais wa Kundi la Benki ya Dunia pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Wakurugenzi Watendaji wa Benki ya Kimataifa ya Ujenzi na Maendeleo (IBRD). Rais pia ni mwenyekiti wa wadhifa wake wa Bodi ya Wakurugenzi wa Jumuiya ya Maendeleo ya Kimataifa (IDA), Shirika la Fedha la Kimataifa (IFC), Wakala wa Dhamana ya Uwekezaji wa Kimataifa (MIGA), na Baraza la Utawala la Kituo cha Kimataifa cha Usuluhishi wa Uwekezaji. Migogoro (ICSID).
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The Executive Directors of the World Bank today selected Ajay Banga as President of the World Bank for a five-year term beginning June 2, 2023.
Ajay Banga most recently served as Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. Previously, he was President and CEO of Mastercard, a global organization with nearly 24,000 employees.
Under his leadership, MasterCard launched the Center for Inclusive Growth, which advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. He was Honorary Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, serving as Chairman from 2020-2022. He became an advisor to General Atlantic’s climate-focused fund, BeyondNetZero, at its inception in 2021.
Banga served as Co-Chair of the Partnership for Central America, a coalition of private organizations that works to advance economic opportunity across underserved populations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. He was previously on the Boards of the American Red Cross, Kraft Foods, and Dow Inc.
Ajay Banga is a co-founder of The Cyber Readiness Institute and was Vice Chair of the Economic Club of New York. He was awarded the Foreign Policy Association Medal in 2012, the Padma Shri Award by the President of India in 2016, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Business Council for International Understanding’s Global Leadership Award in 2019, and the Distinguished Friends of Singapore Public Service Star in 2021.
The Executive Directors followed the selection process agreed by shareholders in 2011. The process included an open, merit-based, and transparent nomination where any national of the Bank’s membership could be proposed by any Executive Director or Governor through an Executive Director. This was then followed by thorough due diligence and a comprehensive interview of Mr. Banga by the Executive Directors.
The Board looks forward to working with Mr. Banga on the World Bank Group Evolution process, as discussed at the April 2023 Spring Meetings, and on all the World Bank Group’s ambitions and efforts aimed at tackling the toughest development challenges facing developing countries.
The President of the World Bank Group is also the Chair of the Board of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The President is also ex officio chair of the Board of Directors of the International Development Association (IDA),
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and of the Administrative Council of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
