The World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions Board is seeking to fill the position of Sanctions Board member for 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 Ramit Kumar Nagpal, IFC Vice President and General Counsel, who will be joined by Ceri Lawley, IFC Chief Compliance Officer and Faisal Siddiqui, IFC Deputy Chief Compliance Officer. Also serving on the panel is Bank representative: Giuliana Dunham Irving, Manager, WBG Ethics and Business Conduct Department, and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) representative: Shamali de Silva, Chief Counsel, MIGA.
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 believe they meet the selection criteria for the position are invited to submit their applications via the below link by May 3, 2023:
We welcome nominations of qualified candidates; any names for the positions can be sent to WB Executive Search at executive_search@worldbank.org before May 3.
All inquiries from candidates will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.