Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Scary CV

After her nomination today as WTO Director, below are some of her achievements according to Africa facts.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Candidate for Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

14 honorary degrees including Yale, Brown, Colby, Tel Aviv, Pennsylvania, Dublin.

On the Board of Twitter, GAVI, Standard Chartered Bank, Lazard, ARC.

Ex World Bank Group MD.

On South Africa's Presidential Economic Advisory Council.

Nigeria's ex Minister of Economy, ex Minister of Finance, ex Minister of Foreign Affairs.

2020 Harvard Kennedy School Angelopoulos Fellow.

WHO's Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala worked at the World Bank for 25 years and also worked at WEF.

2004 TIME European Heroes award.

Senior Adviser of Lazard.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank International Advisory Panel.

Co-Chair of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate.

Ex Co-Chair of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity member

World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation

UN’ Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda.

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