Makhtar Diop | |
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_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg) Makhtar Diop in 2021 | |
| Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) | |
| Assumed office 01 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Le Houérou (de) |
| Vice President of the World Bank for for Infrastructure | |
| In office 01 July 2018 – 01 March 2021 | |
| President | David Malpass Jim Yong Kim |
| Succeeded by | Riccardo Puliti |
| Vice President of the World Bank for Africa | |
| In office 01 March 2012 – 01 July 2018 | |
| President | Jim Yong Kim Robert Zoellick |
| Preceded by | Oby Ezekwesili |
| Succeeded by | Hafez Ghanem |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 05 April 2000 – 12 May 2001 | |
| President | Abdoulaye Wade |
| Prime Minister | Moustapha Niasse |
| Preceded by | Moustapha Diagne (fr) |
| Succeeded by | Mamadou Seck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Senegal |
| Nationality |  Senegalese |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick University of Nottingham |
| Occupation | Economist |
Makhtar Sop Diop (born June 1960 in Dakar) is a Senegalese economist and politician who has been serving as the managing director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) since 2021, making him the first African to hold the position.[1][2]
Diop earlier served as Minister of Finance and Economy in the second government of Moustapha Niasse, under President Abdoulaye Wade. He joined the World Bank in 2001 and served as vice president for Africa between 2012 and 2018 and as vice president for Infrastructure from 2018 to 2021.[2] On March 1, 2021, Diop was named managing director and Executive Vice President of the International Finance Corporation, a sister organization of the World Bank. [1]
- ^ Makhtar Diop Appointed IFC Managing Director and Executive Vice President International Finance Corporation (IFC), press release of February 18, 2021.
- ^ a b David Pilling (February 18, 2021), Senegal’s ex-finance minister to head World Bank’s private sector unit Financial Times.