Feature Team Members

Marie Ndiaye Lixi is the Senior Program Assistant of the Business Ready Unit, she supports the Manager and oversee the team's administrative work program. She joined the team in May 2011, bringing extensive experience in administrative oversight, portfolio coordination, and Trust Funds monitoring. She previously put in place monitoring tools for the Doing Business Report such as its timeline, the tracking of government meetings and the preparation of minutes document such discussions. Before that, Marie worked in the Independent Evaluation Group, assisting her team with evaluation missions’ preparation, document reviews and clearance, report publishing, and dissemination. She also serves as projects portfolio coordinator and monitored trust funds in the Agriculture and Environment Unit in the Africa Region and participated in missions across six countries. In the Senegal Country Office, she supported the Agriculture Team and served also as a Disbursement Assistant, ensuring payment eligibility and monitoring accounts replenishments for World Bank projects. Before joining the World Bank Group, Marie managed operations, patient records, junior staff, billing processes, and payment recovery in a top-tier private medical practice. She holds a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, Secrétaire de Direction from the Dakar Ecole Immaculée Conception, Post-Bac, and is IBRD Trust Fund accredited. Marie speaks French and is conversant in Spanish.