President Joe Biden nominated former Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga to direct the World Bank Thursday morning, one week after the international financial organization’s current leader ...

Here is a list of the bank's current and previous presidents: —Robert Zoellick, 2007-present. Former U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of state under President George W. Bush.

The bank has never had a permanent woman president in its 77-year history, although current IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva served as acting president for about two months in early 2019.

World Bank President David Malpass plans to step down a year before his term is set to end, the organization announced Wednesday. Malpass will leave his position on June 30, the end of the World ...

World Bank President David Malpass announced Wednesday his plan to step down in June, nearly a year before the end of his five-year term, following a recent controversy over climate change ...

Mr. Banga was tapped to lead the World Bank in February after David Malpass, the current president of the bank, said he would retire a year ahead of schedule. Mr.

David Malpass has decided to step down as president of the World Bank before his five-year term expires. He says he will leave at the end of June. Appointed by then-President Trump in 2019, ...

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a public health expert, to lead the World Bank. He is widely expected to be chosen as president by ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2023—The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group met today under the Chairship of its Dean, Mr. Koen Davidse, to discuss the selection process for the next President ...

David Malpass, the embattled president of the World Bank, said on Wednesday that he would step down by June, roughly a year before his term expires. Mr. Malpass, ...

When World Bank President Jim Yong Kim unexpectedly announced his resignation earlier this month, it set off a complex game of chess between Washington—which hopes to preserve its 70-year record ...

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2019—The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank met January 9 under the Chairmanship of its Dean, Dr. Merza Hasan, to discuss the selection process for the next ...