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NEWS September 25, 2024

Seeking Applications for Membership on the WBG Sanctions Board for IBRD & MIGA


The World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions Board is seeking to fill the position of three Sanctions Board members (two positions for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and one position for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) that will be vacated due to the end of the incumbents' terms.

Two Selection Committees have been convened: one for the IBRD vacancies and one for the MIGA vacancy.  The membership of the Selection Committees are as follows:

For the IBRD vacancies, the Selection Committee will be chaired by Christopher Stephens, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, who will be joined by IBRD members David Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel, LEGIA, and Giuliana Dunham-Irving, Manager, Ethics and Internal Justice, Investigations.  Also serving on the panel is MIGA representative Joerg Riecken, Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs and Claims Group, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) representative Faisal Siddiqui, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer.  

For the MIGA vacancy, the Selection Committee will be chaired by Aradhana Kumar-Capoor, Director and General Counsel, MIGA, who will be joined by MIGA members Joerg Riecken, Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs and Claims Group and Jeen Ah Min, Head, Finance & Risk Management Group.  Also serving on the panel is IBRD representative David Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel, LEGIA, and the IFC representative Faisal Siddiqui, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer.

Service on the Sanctions Board shall be governed by the WBG Policy: Sanctions for Fraud and Corruption and the WBG Policy: Statute of the Sanctions Board, which includes the Code of Conduct for Members of the Sanctions Board, as may be amended from time to time. Also applicable are the relevant WBG institution's Sanctions Procedures as well as any formal guidelines issued by the WBG in respect of sanctions proceedings.

Members of the Sanctions Board shall be appointed by the Executive Directors for a single, non-renewable term of up to six years. The Sanctions Board typically convenes for sessions twice per year, and the work between sessions is intermittent, based on caseload. Sanctions Board members must accept and be subject to the above-mentioned Code of Conduct for Members of the Sanctions Board, both during and after their term, which may limit post-service activities. A pre-service conflicts-of-interest check will also be required.

Candidates must not currently hold any appointment as WBG staff (i.e., IBRD, the International Development Association, IFC, or MIGA) and shall have relevant experience in procurement matters, law, dispute resolution mechanisms, or operations of development institutions.

Interested candidates who believe they meet the selection criteria for the position are invited to submit their applications by October 14, 2024. For more information about the position and instructions regarding how to apply, please click on the link here to view the vacancy announcement

Questions about the position should be sent to Ms. Glasow (sanctionsboard@worldbank.org).

All inquiries from candidates will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.