Christina Williams is an attorney-at-law and activist with a 10-year track record of developing landmark interventions that engender decent jobs and improve livelihoods. She contributed to the ...

Nonkululeko Nyembezi is the Chairperson of Standard Bank Group—which operates in more than 20 countries and is the largest lender in Africa by assets—and Standard Bank South Africa. She also serves as ...

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara is Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings and Executive Director and CEO of Temasek International. He has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister ...

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press at the 2025 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference.

Nicola Galombik is Executive Director with Yellowwoods, where she leads efforts to drive economic inclusion and sustainability through its portfolio of businesses and through partnerships in Africa on ...

This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world's fast-growing youth population. Through powerful ...

Join us online for a series of live events featuring country voices and global leaders. The WBG-IMF Spring Meetings are open to anyone online, and present a unique opportunity for all to join central ...

Ajay Banga is the President of the World Bank Group, beginning his five-year term on June 2, 2023. He stepped into the role with a clear mandate: to transform the 80-year-old institution into a faster ...

Aniruddha (Ani) Dasgupta is President and CEO of World Resources Institute, where he works to advance the institute’s global vision to improve the lives of all people and ensure that nature can thrive ...

Axel van Trotsenburg is the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director (SMD), responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships. Read more Read more ...