Judith Green

Judith Anne Elizabeth Green was appointed World Bank Group Country Manager for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries, based in Barbados, representing the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), effective September 1, 2026. Her position unifies country-level leadership across the World Bank Group to better support Barbados and the OECS public and private sector priorities. 

Judith, a Jamaican national, previously served concurrently as World Bank Group Country Manager for Malaysia and IFC Country Manager for Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. In these roles, she worked closely with the public and private sector to support public sector reforms to increase private sector investment in both Malaysia and the Pacific region and manage large advisory services programs. 

Judith previously served as IFC’s Country Manager for the Caribbean overseeing IFC’s operations across 14 member countries, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with responsibility for managing and expanding IFC’s operations in that sub-region.   Between 2013 and 2016, while on external service leave from IFC, Judith led the Government of Jamaica’s Coordination and Implementation Unit, which was responsible for overseeing the successful implementation of the 2013 four-year Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund. A career banker, Judith worked at several financial institutions focused on corporate finance and global loan capital markets prior to her World Bank Group career.   

Judith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of the West Indies and is a fellow of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Jamaica.