The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, IBFD is honoured to
announce the appointment of Dr Oby Ezekwesili to the Board of Trustees,
effective from 1 April 2020.
As member of the Board of Trustees Dr Ezekwesili will contribute to the
oversight of IBFD’s expansion in developing economies, bringing a wealth
of knowledge and experience in international organizations and capacity
building. She will help IBFD build on its strengths: independence and
quality.
Jan Maarten Slagter, CEO of IBFD, says:
“IBFD is delighted that Dr Ezekwesili has joined our Board of Trustees
and expect that her unique perspective and contribution will be
enormously beneficial, in particular to the work that we do in
developing economies. The current crisis will put more strain on
government budgets and domestic resource mobilization will be more
important than ever going forward.”
Biography of Dr Oby Ezekwesili:
Dr Ezekwesili was a candidate for the office of the President of Nigeria
in the 2019 election. She is an economic policy expert and senior
economic adviser at the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative
(AEDPI).
She was a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy and
is a co-founder of Transparency International.
Dr Ezekwesili was Vice-President of the World Bank’s Africa division and
is former Nigerian Minister of Education, Minister of Solid Minerals,
Head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit and former
Chairperson of the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
(NEITI).
Dr Ezekwesili is also co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Africa
Regional Strategy Board and a co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls
movement.
For her national service and social commitment, Dr Ezekwesili was
decorated with the national award of Commander of the Order of the
Federal Republic (CFR) of Nigeria. She was on the 2015 TIME 100 list of
the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.