Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been given a top appointment with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
A former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has
been appointed a member of the international advisory panel of Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Mr Song Liyan, AIIB Senior Communication Officer, in a statement
made available to newsmen on Friday, announced that Okonjo-Iweala would
join 10 other key persons on the panel.
“The Panel provides impartial, objective and independent advice
to the President, allowing the Bank to benefit from the international
experience and expertise of panel members,” Liyan said.
He quoted AIIB President, Jin Liqun, as saying that the panel members would advise the bank on the development of its strategy.
“It is a great honour to convene such an experienced and
diverse group of international leaders to advise on the development of
the Bank’s strategy.
“I have no doubt that the advice the panel provides will help shape the development of the Bank in the years ahead.
“I could not ask for a better group of ambassadors to help promote our new Bank to the world,” Jin said.
The panel members are former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Dr Zeti
Aziz, former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and former Swedish
finance minister Anders Borg.
The others are former Timor-Leste finance minister Emilia Pires,
former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern and former Japanese
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Global Foundation secretary-general Steve
Howard.
Others include Korea National Diplomatic Academy chair professor
and former South Korean deputy prime minister and strategy and finance
minister Dr Oh-Seok Hyun.
Former U.S. ambassador Paul Speltz and London School of Economics
professor and former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-Hwa are the
remaining panel members.
AIIB, a multilateral international development bank was set up on
Dec. 25, 2015, with an initial capital of 100 billion U.S. dollars
(RM419bn), one million shares and an initial paid-up capital of 20
billion U.S. dollars.
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