Victoria Kwakwa

Victoria Kwakwa
Vice President of the World Bank for Eastern and Southern Africa
Assumed office
01 July 2022
PresidentAjay Banga
David Malpass
Preceded byHafez Ghanem
Vice President of the World Bank for Corporate Strategic Initiatives
In office
01 September 2021  01 July 2022
PresidentDavid Malpass
Vice President of the World Bank for East Asia and the Pacific
In office
15 April 2016  01 September 2021
PresidentDavid Malpass
Kristalina Georgieva (Acting)
Jim Yong Kim
Succeeded byManuela Ferro (fr)
Personal details
BornGhana
Nationality Ghanaian
Alma materUniversity of Ghana (BA)
Queens University (MA,PhD)
OccupationEconomist

Victoria Kwakwa is a Ghanaian economist who currently serves as the Vice President of the World Bank for Eastern and Southern Africa. She previously served as the Vice President of the World Bank for Corporate Strategic Initiatives from September 2021 to 01 July 2022.

She also served as Vice President at the World Bank for East Asia and the Pacific between April 2016 and August 2021. Prior to that she was country director of the World Bank in Vietnam.