Makhtar Diop
Makhtar Diop | |
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Diop in 2021 | |
| Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) | |
| Assumed office 01 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Le Houérou (de) |
| Vice President of the World Bank for Infrastructure | |
| In office 01 July 2018 – 01 March 2021 | |
| President | David Malpass Jim Yong Kim |
| Succeeded by | Riccardo Puliti |
| Vice President of the World Bank for Africa | |
| In office 01 March 2012 – 01 July 2018 | |
| President | Jim Yong Kim Robert Zoellick |
| Preceded by | Oby Ezekwesili |
| Succeeded by | Hafez Ghanem |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 05 April 2000 – 12 May 2001 | |
| President | Abdoulaye Wade |
| Prime Minister | Moustapha Niasse |
| Preceded by | Moustapha Diagne (fr) |
| Succeeded by | Mamadou Seck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Senegal |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick University of Nottingham |
| Occupation | Economist |
Makhtar Diop (born June 27, 1960) is a Senegalese economist and public official. He is currently the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the largest development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets and developing economies. He is the first African to hold this position. Before his appointment at the IFC, Diop had a series of senior leadership roles at the World Bank and served as Senegal’s Minister of Finance and Economy from 2000 to 2001.