Makhtar Diop

Makhtar Diop
Diop in 2021
Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Assumed office
01 March 2021
Preceded byPhilippe Le Houérou (de)
Vice President of the World Bank for Infrastructure
In office
01 July 2018  01 March 2021
PresidentDavid Malpass
Jim Yong Kim
Succeeded byRiccardo Puliti
Vice President of the World Bank for Africa
In office
01 March 2012  01 July 2018
PresidentJim Yong Kim
Robert Zoellick
Preceded byOby Ezekwesili
Succeeded byHafez Ghanem
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
05 April 2000  12 May 2001
PresidentAbdoulaye Wade
Prime MinisterMoustapha Niasse
Preceded byMoustapha Diagne (fr)
Succeeded byMamadou Seck
Personal details
BornSenegal
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
University of Nottingham
OccupationEconomist

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.