Feyi Boroffice is the Operations Manager for the World Bank’s South Africa Country Management Unit in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region, based in Pretoria, South Africa. She is responsible for engaging and managing policy dialogue with the government and leading the World Bank country team.
Previously, she was the World Bank Resident Representative for The Gambia. She joined the World Bank in 2010 and has led projects in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. She was also a Senior Private Sector Specialist at the World Bank office in Nigeria and served as the Focal Point for the Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, coordinating the private sector and financial sector development agenda in the country.
Before joining the World Bank, Feyi spent a decade in the private sector working for global organizations including Ernst & Young, where she supervised audit projects, and Exxon Mobil, where she worked in the company’s treasurer’s division on mergers and acquisitions, pension fund management, and investment projects. She also has experience as an entrepreneur as founder of 2Hats Network, a leadership development company for professional women with multinational clients including Accenture, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Citibank, and ING.
Feyi holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the United States.