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VideoMarch 30, 2020

New Country Director for Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR

Ms. Mariam Sherman, a British national, joined the World Bank in 1996 as consultant in the Middle East and North Africa region. Since then, she has held various managerial positions, her most recent assignment being Director of Strategy and Operations in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Previously, she was World Bank Country Director based in West Bank and Gaza and Country Manager for Afghanistan. Other work experience in the World Bank has included assignments in the Indonesia Country Management Unit, the West Bank and Gaza Country Management Unit, and on central policy issues.