Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 25, 2024 — The World Bank Group has appointed Judith Green as Country Manager for Malaysia, a role that will unify country-level leadership to better support Malaysia’s public- and private-sector priorities. This newly created position provides a single point of contact for access to the full breadth of World Bank Group products and services and will enhance the institutions’ ability to address global challenges, and drive development with speed, efficiency, and impact.
“Malaysia has successfully diversified its economy from one dependent on agriculture and commodities to value-added manufacturing and services sectors, which have driven economic growth,” said Ms. Green. “Expanding our engagement with both the public and private sectors under this new leadership approach will enable us to better support Malaysia in its development ambitions.”
Ms. Green is based in Kuala Lumpur in the World Bank Group Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Finance Hub, which supports the country's development priorities through knowledge, investment, and advisory-based assistance. The Hub also capitalizes on Malaysia's development experiences and policy innovations to facilitate knowledge exchanges between Malaysia and low and middle-income countries that aspire to emulate Malaysia’s development success.
A Jamaican national, Ms. Green most recently held the position of Country Manager for the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets, where she focused on developing new opportunities for private-sector investments to drive jobs and growth in the Pacific. Prior to that, she served as IFC's Country Manager for the Caribbean, overseeing operations in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the English-speaking Caribbean.
Ms. Green also worked with Jamaica's Ministry of Finance and Planning from 2013 to 2016 as Director of the Coordination and Implementation Unit, which was responsible for overseeing the successful implementation of the 2013 four-year Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund.
Ms. Green also has extensive experience in capital markets and corporate banking, having held senior management positions with RBC Bank Jamaica and Citigroup in New York and Jamaica. She holds a BSc in Accounting from the University of the West Indies and is a Fellow of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica.
The introduction of joint country representation is an important step towards building a stronger World Bank Group. Malaysia is one of 21 World Bank Group offices transitioning to a single World Bank Group Country Manager or Resident Representative for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), IFC, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
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