Yasser El-Gammal is the Country Manager for the World Bank in Romania and Hungary.

In this role, he leads the strategic dialogue with government authorities, and other stakeholders. With nearly 30 years of experience, Yasser has dedicated his career to human development and major flagship programs in social protection and labor issues across the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and Pacific, and Africa regions. Yasser has been managing client dialogue in different management capacities since 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he served as the Social Protection and Labor Practice Manager in the Middle East and North Africa region. Between 2016 – 2020 he served as the Country Manager for the World Bank in Rwanda.

Before starting his current assignment in Romania, he was the Social Protection and Labor Practice Manager in East Asia and Pacific based in Bangkok. Prior to joining the World Bank, Yasser worked with an international NGO and the Social Fund for Development in Egypt. An Egyptian and Canadian national, he holds an M.Sc degree in National Development and Project Planning from the University of Bradford, UK.