KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) – Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) announced today that World Bank president, Dr Jim Yong Kim, will join as partner and vice chairman on Feb 1.
A statement from GIP today said Dr Kim’s broad knowledge base along with his first-hand, comprehensive experience of working with governments and institutions around the world will provide very valuable insight.
GIP chairman and managing partner, Adebayo Ogunlesi, said: “The leadership and vision that Dr Kim brought to the World Bank, as well as his prior roles as Dartmouth College president and World Health Organization HIV/AIDS department director, speak for themselves.
“My previous experiences and recent years working at the World Bank have been rewarding efforts that have demonstrated how vital infrastructure development has become to the world. I truly welcome the opportunity to work with GIP to be a part of furthering this broad and critically important global mission,” said Dr Kim.
GIP is an independent infrastructure fund manager that invests in the equity and credit of infrastructure assets and businesses.
For more information, visit www.global-infra.com.
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