The World Bank has appointed Marie Francois Marie-Nelly as its new country director for South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana and Eswatini.
Since joining the World Bank in 1994, Marie-Nelly has held a variety of positions focused on public enterprise restructuring, support to private sector development, regional integration, and management of the oil sector. Marie-Nelly has held a number of leadership positions, including country director in the Maghreb and Malta (2015–2019); country director for Nigeria (2011–2015); and country director for the two Congos, Brazzaville and DRC (2008– 2011). Marie-Nelly was also director of the World Bank Group Program for the Chad Petroleum and the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project (2004–2007) and director of the regional integration program in Africa from 2000 to 2004.
