Ziad Badr

Ziad Badr is a Lebanese national who joined the World Bank in 1993 with a focus on the Africa and MENA regions. He assumed various responsibilities as the Senior Economist in the Africa Knowledge and learning unit where the concepts of "Knowledge Bank" and "Monitoring and Evaluation tools" were pioneered. Shortly after, Ziad was announced as the Head of the World Bank mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and relocated to Amman as Head of the World Bank office for Iraq and Jordan. Ziad has been instrumental in establishing the World Bank presence in Baghdad and nurturing relations with the Iraqi government. His success was due to the extensive network initiated with both the private and public sectors in Iraq. After over 26 years of a budding career, Ziad retired in 2019 and continues to work as a senior adviser, and Board Member in numerous leading companies in the MENA region.