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Ajay Banga becomes first Indian American World Bank president

Biden-nominated Indian American Ajay Banga was elected to serve as the next president of the World Bank, BBC reports. He is the first Indian American to ever hold this position, and his five-year term will start on June 2.

Banga will be replacing David Malpass, a Trump nominee who announced his resignation earlier this year after months of online controversy sparked by his failure to articulate a clear stance on climate change.

Banga was born in Pune, Maharashtra in 1959 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2007, according to Mint. He began his career at Nestle in the early 80s and has since served as a board member at various multinational organizations including Citigroup, American Red Cross, Kraft Foods and Dow, Inc. He worked at Mastercard for over a decade, acting as president, chief executive and eventually executive chairman, according to CBS News.

In a statement congratulating Banga for his appointment, President Joe Biden called him “a transformative leader” who will bring “expertise, experience, and innovation to the position of World Bank President.”

“And together with World Bank leadership and shareholders, he will help steer the institution as it evolves and expands to address global challenges that directly affect its core mission of poverty reduction—including climate change,” Biden continued.

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen also extended her congratulations to Banga, noting that he would play a “critical role” in the World Bank’s future work towards combatting global challenges like climate change, pandemics and extreme poverty.

“Ajay Banga will bring to this important role the right leadership and management skills, experience living and working in emerging markets, and financial expertise to lead the World Bank at a critical moment in its history,” she wrote in a statement.

1 COMMENT

  1. Very interesting. He worked in important roles at Nestle, Kraft and Dow – extremely irresponsible corporations that harm the people and the environment. And don’t care.

    This is not good. Bad Biden. Bad choice.

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