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World Bank Executive Directors Directory

Last updated: October 14, 2008


The Bank Information Center organized this guide first according to the top 5 shareholders of the Bank followed by the rest. For those Executive Director offices with shared representation, the first country that is listed is the Executive Director’s country of origin, though the ED represents all of the countries in that box. Please note that because Executive Directors are rotated periodically, BIC will publish updates on this page as necessary.

When writing to Board members, use the following format:

Full Name, Room Number
World Bank Group
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433, USA

*One Executive Director is housed at the IMF, 700 19th Street, Washington, DC 20431, USA

All Executive Directors belong to Committees.

Executive Directors with available biographies can be found in blue and bold font.  Please click on his/her name to be taken to a new page with the respective biographical information.

Executive Director

Contact Information

ED's Country of Origin

Other Countries Represented

% Voting Power in IBRD

% Voting Power in IDA (as of March 2008)

TOP 5 SHAREHOLDERS (arranged by % shares held)

Mr. Eli Whitney Debevoise II, MC 13-525
Tel: 202-458-0115
Fax: 202-477-2967
Email:

Alternate: Ana Guevara
Email:

General Email:

United States 16.41
12.76

Mr. Toru Shikibu, MC 12-305
Tel: 202-458-0098
Fax: 202-522-1581
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Masato Kanda
Tel: 202-458-0100
Email:

General Email:

Japan 7.87
10.18

Dr. Michael Hofmann, MC 11-125
Tel: 202-458-1183
Fax: 202-477-7849
Email:  

Alternate: Mr. Ruediger Von Kleist
Tel: 202-458-1190
Email:

General Email:

Germany 4.49
6.72

Ms. Susanna Moorehead
Tel: 202-623-4548
Fax: 202-623-4965
Email:  

Alternate: Stewart James
Tel: 202-623-4555
Email:

General Email:

United Kingdom 4.31
5.42

*Mr. Ambroise Fayolle, IMF 13-118
Tel: 202-623-6505
Fax: 202-623-4951
Email:

Alternate: Ms. Alexis Kohler
Tel: 202-623-6502
Email:

General Email:

France 4.31
4.22

OTHER SHAREHOLDERS

Mr. Sid Ahmed DIB, MC 13-137
Tel: 202-458-1084
Fax: 202-477-9052
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Javed Talat
(Pakistan)
Tel: 202-458-1095

General Email:

Algeria
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ghana, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia
3.19
2.16

Mr. Konstantin Huber, MC 12-541
Tel: 202-473-6840
Fax: 202-522-3453
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Gino Alzetta
(Belgium)
Tel: 202-458-4665
Email:

General Email:

Austria
Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey

4.81
4.70

Mr. Jorge H. Botero, MC 12-319
Tel: 202-458-0090
Fax: 202-522-1551
Email:

Alternate: Rogerio Studart
(Brazil)
Tel: 202-458-0065

General Email:

Colombia
Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
3.56
3.02

Mr. Toga G. Mcintosh, MC 12-341
Tel: 202-458-2105
Fax: 202-522-1549
Email:  

Alternate: Mr. Hassan Ahmed Taha (Sudan)
Tel: 202-458-2107

General Email:

Liberia
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Ethipoia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
3.36
4.45

Mr. Samy Watson, MC 12-175
Tel: 202-458-0077
Fax: 202-477-4155
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Ishmael Lightbourne (Bahamas)
Tel: 202-458-0079
Email:

General Email:

Canada
Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines
3.85
4.38

Ms. Jiayi Zou, MC 13-111
Tel: 202-458-0058
Fax: 202-522-1579
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Yingming Yang
Tel: 202-458-0052
Email:

General Email:

China 2.79
1.97

Mr. Louis Philippe Ong Seng, MC 13-335
Tel: 202-458-7126
Fax: 202-522-1585
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Agapito Mendes Dias (Sao Tome and Principe)
Tel: 202-473-3042
Email:

General Tel: 202-458-1153
General Email:

Mauritius
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Somalia (informally), Togo

2.00
3.81

Mr. Svein Aass, MC 13-531
Tel: 202-458-1079
Fax: 202-477-6818
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Jens Haalov 
(Denmark)
Tel: 202-458-1080
Email:

General Email:

Norway
Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden

3.34
5.21

Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, MC 12-155
Tel: 202-458-1046
Fax: 202-522-1553
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Zakir Ahmed Khan (Bangladesh)
Tel: 202-458-1054
Email:

General Email:

India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka
3.40
4.11

Mr. Sun Vithespongse, MC 13-175
Tel: 202-458-1197
Fax: 202-477-4116
Email:

Alternate: Ms. Chularat Suteethorn (Thailand)
Tel: 202-458-1201
Email:

General Email:

Thailand
Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Tonga, Vietnam
2.54
2.76

Mr. Giovanni Majnoni, MC 13-751
Tel: 202-458-1169
Fax: 202-477-3735
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Nuno Mota Pinto (Portugal)
Tel: 202-458-2540
Email:

General Email:

Italy
Albania, Greece, Malta, Portugal, San Marino
3.51
3.36

Mr. Merza H. Hasan, MC 12-125
Tel: 202-458-1030
Fax: 202-477-3537
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Mohamed Kamel Amr (Arab Rep. of Egypt)
Tel: 202-458-1027
Email:

General Email:

Kuwait
Bahrain, Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Republic of Yemen
2.91
2.19

Mr. Rudolf Jan Treffers, MC 13-433
Tel: 202-458-2052
Fax: 202-522-1572   

Alternate: Mr. Claudiu Doltu (Romania)
Tel: 202-473-4562
Email:

General Email:

Netherlands
Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
4.47
3.88

Mr. James Hagan, MC 11-745
Tel: 202-458-1015
Fax: 202-477-2007
Email:

Alternate: Do Hyeong Kim
(Republic of Korea)
Tel: 202-458-1018

General Email:

Australia
Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Cambodia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

3.45
3.25

Mr. Dante Contreras, MC 13-561
Tel: 202-458-2066
Fax: 202-477-3786
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Felix Alberto Camarasa (Argentina)
Tel: 202-458-2064
Email:

General Email:

Chile
Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

2.32
1.58

Mr. Alexey Kvasov, MC 13-635
Tel: 202-458-7080
Fax: 202-477-4274
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Eugene Miagkov
Tel: 202-458-0066
Email:

General Email:

Russian Federation 2.79
.31

Mr. Abdulrahman Almofadhi, MC 12-525
Tel: 202-458-0191
Fax: 202-477-1759
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa
Tel: 202-458-0182
Email:

General Email:

Saudi Arabia 2.79
3.40

Mr. Jose Alejandro Rojas Ramirez, MC 12-453
Tel: 202-458-2095
Fax: 202-477-4116
Email:

Alternate: Marta Garcia Jauregui
(Spain)
Tel: 202-458-2089
Email:

General Email:

Venezuela
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain
4.50
2.26

Mr. Michel Mordasini, MC 13-227
Tel: 202-458-7050
Fax: 202-477-9110
Email:

Alternate: Mr. Michal Krupinski (Poland)
Tel: 202-458-7060
Email:

General Email:

Switzerland
Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Poland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
3.04
3.91

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