The World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions Board is seeking to fill the position of Sanctions Board member for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), that will be vacated due to the end of the incumbent's term. A Selection Committee has been convened and will be chaired by Taiwo Fayose, WBG Director who will be joined by Couro Kane Janus, Director, Corporate Risk Management and Faisal Bin Siddiqui, Manager, WBG Business Integrity Office. Also serving on the panel is Bank representative: Sheila Braka Musiime, Deputy General Counsel, Operations and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) representative: Shamali F. De Silva, Chief Counsel.
Service on the Sanctions Board shall be governed by the WBG Policy: Sanctions for Fraud and Corruption and the WBG Policy: Statute of the Sanctions Board, which includes the Code of Conduct for Members of the Sanctions Board, as may be amended from time to time. Also applicable are the relevant WBG institution's Sanctions Procedures as well as any formal guidelines issued by the WBG in respect of sanctions proceedings.
Members of the Sanctions Board shall be appointed by the Executive Directors for a single, non-renewable term of up to 6 years. The Sanctions Board typically convenes for sessions twice per year, and the work between sessions is intermittent, based on caseload. Sanctions Board members must accept and be subject to the above-mentioned Code of Conduct for Members of the Sanctions Board, both during and after their term, which may limit post-service activities. A pre-service conflicts-of-interest check will also be required.
Candidates must not currently hold any appointment to the staff of the World Bank (i.e., the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association), IFC, or MIGA and shall have relevant experience in procurement matters, law, dispute resolution mechanisms, or operations of development institutions. Direct experience with private sector business and cross-border transactions is highly desirable.
Interested candidates who meet the criteria are encouraged to apply via the link below by March 13, 2026:
Sanctions Board Member (req35690)- Application Link.
Questions about the position should be sent to the Sanctions Board Secretariat at the following address:
(sanctionsboard@worldbank.org).
All inquiries from candidates will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.