Farouk Mollah Banna

Farouk Mollah Banna has been the World Bank's Country Manager for Chad since July 1, 2025. Prior to that, he was the Bank's Sustainable Development Program Coordinator for the Central Sahel countries. With over 23 years of experience, he began his career in the US in the private sector and then worked for the state of North Carolina. In 2012, he joined the World Bank to focus on issues of development, poverty reduction and resilience, and has worked since then in several countries in Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. Farouk Banna studied engineering at the University of Lomé (Togo) before pursuing graduate studies at North Carolina State University in the United States.