Mongolian national named new World Bank Country Manager for Kyrgyzstan www.akipress.com
Bolormaa Amgaabazar has been named the new World Bank's Country Manager for the Kyrgyz Republic. This was announced by Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Country Director for Central Asia, at the meeting with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov on May 29.
Ms Amgaabazar was presented to the PM. Jeenbekov has thanked the Jean-Michel Happi, who is completing his mission as the World Bank's Country Manager for the country, for contribution to strengthening cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and WB, and expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation with the new leadership of the office.
Bolormaa Amgaabazar, a Mongolian national, joined the World Bank in 2004 and has worked in the East Asia and Pacific and Africa regions. Amgaabazar was a task team member of the National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM) in Indonesia and was responsible for the implementation of the program in eastern parts of the country with a special focus on Papua and West Papua provinces. When working in the Jakarta office, she held a position of a Trust Fund Coordinator. In 2008 she relocated to Washington DC while continuing to work on Indonesia as the Country Officer. In 2011 she moved to the Africa Region, as Senior Operations Officer for Sudan and South Sudan, based in Nairobi.
In 2014, she was appointed Country Representative for Timor-Leste. As the Country Representative, Amgaabazar’s responsibilities include overseeing the Bank’s program in Timor Leste; managing and supporting the Country Office Staff; and leading the Bank’s dialogue with the Government of Timor-Leste towards the twin goals of reducing poverty and increasing shared prosperity.
Amgaabazar holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.
Published Date:2017-05-30