His Excellency Miloš Koterec Dr. Anthony Mothae Maruping
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1 His Excellency Miloš Koterec was elected sixty-eight President of the Economic and Social Council on 10 January Ambassador Koterec is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations in New York Dr. Anthony Mothae Maruping, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Lesotho to UNOG and United Nations agencies in Geneva and to WTO. Ambassador Maruping has served in various organizations in Lesotho and internationally. Prior to representing the Kingdom of Lesotho, Dr. Maruping was the Executive Director at the Macro-Economic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa, which seeks to contribute towards the improvement of governance in the key areas of macroeconomic and financial management in the public sector at policy making and senior official levels. He also served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho from 1988 to From 1981 to 1986, he worked at the National University of Lesotho, first as a member of the University Council, then as Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and finally as Pro-Vice Chancellor. Dr. Maruping started his career as a teacher in 1968 after obtaining his BA in economics from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) in He has an MA in economics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (1971), and a Ph.D. from the same University (1977). Dr. Maruping then went on to get an MBA from the University of Baltimore (1979). He taught economics, statistics and business administration at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, USA ( ) and at the National University of Lesotho ( , 86-87), respectively. Dr. Maruping has served as (a) a member of the Board of Directors in numerous institutions, including the Central Bank of Lesotho from 1980 to 1998; (b) Secretary of the National University of Lesotho Alumni Association; (c) President of the Southern African Universities Social Sciences Conference (SAUSSC); (d) a member of the Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO) Board of Directors; and (e) a member of the Executive Board of the Association of African Universities. Dr. Maruping has served in a number of organizations and institutions, including the National Planning Board of Lesotho, the Education and Examination Policy Committee of the Lesotho Institute of Accountants, Social Science Committee of the Lesotho UNESCO National Commission, Association of African Central Banks, Governing Council for African Centre for Monetary Studies and Chair of the Eastern and Southern African Chapter of the Association of African Central Banks. He was also a member of the Advisory Committee of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). During his diplomatic service, Dr. Maruping has served as Chair of the African Group of Ambassadors in Geneva from July to September 2006; Coordinator of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) WTO Consultative Group from July 2007 to December 2008; and Chair of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods from 2010 to He has been the Chair of Enhanced Integrated Framework (ElF) Board from 2007 to the present, Chair of the WTO Committee on Trade and Development for , and Vice President of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board for He has also served as President of the Group of 77 and China in 2011.
2 Mr. Jorge Familiar, a Mexican national, is the Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group since August In his current position, he plays a key role in facilitating and fostering cooperation and strategic dialogue between the Boards and the Bank Group Senior Management. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Mexican Instituto del Fondo Nacional para el Consumo de los Trabajadores (Instituto FONACOT). The Instituto Fonacot is a government owned financial institution with 1 million clients and a loan portfolio of $1 billion, grants consumer loans to workers, guarantees their access to finance and fosters the development of financial literacy. From 2004 to 2008 he served as Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director in the World Bank Group in Washington DC, having been elected by Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Spain and Venezuela as its representative on the Boards of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. As chairman of the Working Group on Governance, he led efforts to reform the Code of Conduct for Board Officials and develop a proposal to reform the internal governance of the World Bank Group. He was also a member of the Board s Development Effectiveness, Governance and Ethics Committees. He started his career in the Banking and Securities Commission of Mexico (CNBV), where he held various appointments until becoming Vice-chairman of Securities and Derivatives Markets Supervision and member of the Board of Government. He was in charge of the design, negotiation and implementation of several pieces of regulation, including the executive s branch proposal of the new Securities Market Law, issued by Congress on December 2005 and the proposals to amend the Securities Market Law and of a new Mutual Funds Law, both issued by Congress on June He is a currently a member of the Committee of Best Practices of Corporate Governance of the Mexican Business Coordinating Council and a former member of the Accounting Principles Commission of the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants. He has published several articles on securities market s regulation, corporate governance and other financial topics; and has participated as speaker in numerous conferences and seminars, both in Mexico and abroad. Mr. Familiar also lectured on finance at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Accounting and Strategic Finance Program at the same university. He holds a bachelor s degree in accounting and a master s degree in finance from ITAM, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Jianhai Lin has recently been appointed as the Secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this capacity, he also serves as the Secretary of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). Prior to his present assignment, Mr. Lin held several senior positions in the IMF s country and policy departments. Mr. Lin, a Chinese national, studied at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, and the University of California at Berkeley, and holds a doctorate from the George Washington University. Before coming to the IMF, Mr. Lin worked in the financial sector and academia.
3 Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi is one of the Directors of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. He heads the Development Division of the WTO, whose mandate is to facilitate work on all trade related developmental issues in the WTO. A significant part of Mr. Priyadarshi's responsibilities extends to taking care of the developmental aspects of the Doha negotiations, especially in so far as they relate to addressing the concerns of developing countries. In particular this also includes the responsibilities relating to the recently launched initiative on Aid for Trade. Mr Priyadarshi also leads the WTO's work on the Millennium Development Goals and the work relating to the post 2015 Global Development Agenda. He has written a number of papers, primarily exploring the linkages between sustained and equitable economic growth and development and poverty alleviation. He has also played a key role in WTO's efforts aimed at increasing the capacity of developing country trade officials in understanding the WTO Agreements. Having earlier worked for the Government of India for nearly twenty years, Mr Priyadarshi has had a long experience in assessing socio-economic-development issues, including at the grass root level. Ms. Rachel Kyte is Vice President of Sustainable Development at the World Bank. As such, she has overall responsibilities for the organization s global work in agriculture, the environment, infrastructure, urban development, and social development. She has held the position since September, Prior to taking up her current post, from 2008 Ms. Kyte was Vice President for Business Advisory Services at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector focused arm of the World Bank Group. Here, she focused IFC s Advisory Services to deliver more measurable impact for the world s poorest people and in the most challenging environments, including countries affected by conflict. She led IFC s efforts to support inclusive business models, including women's businesses. She also spearheaded adoption of the IFC Development Goals, the first set of development goals specific to the private sector. From 2004, Ms. Kyte served as IFC s Director for Environmental and Social Development, where she led efforts to develop new sustainability performance standards. Through the Equator Principles, these standards are now a global benchmark for private businesses, illustrating that improved environment and social standards can raise financial performance in developing countries. From 2000 to 2004, Ms. Kyte served in the office of IFC s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman. Prior to joining IFC, she was a member of the management team of the World Conservation Union IUCN. She has held elected positions in Europe, and founded and led non-government organizations focusing on women, the environment, health, and rights. Ms. Kyte holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from the University of London.
4 Ms. Marianne Fay is Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank and co-director of the World Development Report 2010 on Climate Change. At the World Bank she has served in multiple regions, including Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa, working on infrastructure, urbanization, and more recently on climate change and green growth. Her research has explored the role of infrastructure and urbanization in development, with a particular focus on urban poverty, climate change, and green growth, on which she has authored numerous articles and books. Ms. Fay holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. Mr. Martin Rama, Director of the World Development Report (WDR) 2013, on Jobs. His previous assignments include a one-year spell with the Chief Economist office in South Asia region, and from July to December 2010 he served as the acting regional Chief Economist. Over the previous eight years Martin was the Lead Economist for Vietnam. In this capacity, he oversaw the analytical program of the World Bank in areas related to economic policy and poverty reduction. His tasks included the preparation of the annual Vietnam Development Reports. He was also the focal person in the policy dialogue with government in relation to economic reforms, and led a series of annual policy lending operations co-financed by a dozen donors. During this eight-year period, Vietnam went from HIPC graduation to IBRD borrowing, while delivering a strong performance in terms of economic growth, job creation and social inclusion. Prior to moving to operations, Martin spent ten years with the research department of the Bank, mainly stationed in DC, but providing cross-support to a large number of developing countries. The main focus of his work was on labor issues. He co-managed a large research program on the impact of labor market policies and institutions on economic performance. He was also responsible for a major research initiative on public sector downsizing and served as a member of the Social Protection Board of the Bank. His research activities led to numerous publications in academic journals. Martin Rama gained his Ph.D. in macroeconomics in France in In his home country Uruguay, he worked in CINVE, the country s largest think tank, and became one of its directors. In parallel with his World Bank duties, he was visiting professor in development economics at the University of Paris until Mr. Rob Vos joined the United Nations in 2005 as Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In his capacity he heads the main economic development research division of the UN Secretariat and is responsible for the UN s flagship publications the World Economic Situation and Prospects (which provides the UN s assessment of the global economic outlook) and the World Economic and Social Survey (which provides frontier insights of long-term development issues). He also heads the Secretariat of the UN s Committee for Development Policy and is the coordinator of the Secretary-General s MDG Gap Task Force. Before joining the UN, he was a Professor of Finance and Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and Professor of Development Economics at the Free University Amsterdam. Between 1999 and 2002, he was Deputy Rector of the Institute of Social Studies. He has also worked
5 as a senior economist at the Inter-American Development Bank where he co-founded the Inter- American Institute for Social Development (INDES) and initiated the programme on improving surveys of living conditions in Latin America (MECOVI). He has also been a visiting professor at numerous universities in and outside of Europe. He has worked as a policy advisor and consultant to numerous governments in Latin America, Africa and Asia. His academic and advisory work covers a broad range of development issues, including trade policy, inequality and poverty; financing for development; poverty and social policy analysis; and macroeconomic and general equilibrium modeling for development policy. His most recent books include: Climate Protection and Development (with Frank Ackerman and Richard Kozul-Wright; Bloomsbury 2011, forthcoming); Globalization and Economic Diversification: Policy Challenges for Economies in Transition (with Malinka Koparanova, Bloomsbury, 2011); Economic Insecurity and Development (with Richard Kozul-Wright, United Nations, 2011); Public Policies for Human Development (with marco V. Sanchez and others, Palgrave, 2010) Ageing and Development (with José Antonio Ocampo and Ana Luiza Cortez, Oriental Blackswan/Zed Books, 2008); Uneven Economic Development (with José Antonio Ocampo, Longman Oriental/Zed Books, 2008); Growth Divergences (with José Antonio Ocampo and Jomo K.S., Longman Oriental/Zed Books, 2007); Who gains from Free Trade in Latin America? (Routledge, 2006); Illusions and Disillusions with Pro-Poor Growth (SIDA, 2006).
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