Formerly: various senior managerial positions in investment climate reform in the Africa Region and Advisory Services to client governments; 21-year career with non-governmental organizations in West Africa and South Asia. Since 1997, with the World Bank Group: former Adviser, Finance and Private Sector Development Vice-Presidency, Director, Development Impact Department, and Director, IDA/IFC Secretariat with objective of improving collaboration between the WB and IFC in the world's poorest countries; currently, Senior Director, Jobs, CCCSA, World Bank Group.