Karen Rodríguez, a Colombian national, is the World Bank Group Alternate Executive Director representing Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. During the last two years, she served as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of the same Constituency Office.
She is an economist with a master’s degree in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Mrs. Rodríguez has an extensive experience in structuring, implementing, and monitoring public policies and high-impact regional projects in Colombia. She has served at the Ministry of Finance, the Presidency of the Republic, the National Planning Department, and the Central Bank of Colombia, with her most recent position being Deputy Director of Financing with Multilaterals at Colombia's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.
Earlier in her career, Karen coordinated programs with an NGO focused on empowering leaders in underserved regions and contributed as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme on labor market strategies.
