Junaid
Ahmad has taken over as the World Bank’s new Country Director for India, replacing
Onno Ruhl, who completed his four-year term, an official statement said here on
Tuesday.
Ahmad, a Bangladeshi national, was formerly the Chief of Staff to World Bank
Group President Jim Yong Kim.
“India’s
recent growth and development has been one of the most significant achievements
of our time. With historic changes unfolding and new opportunities emerging,
Junaid will bring to this key position strategic leadership along with
considerable experience of working in both India and South Asia to support this
transformation,” Kim said.
Ahmad
joined the World Bank in 1991 as a young professional. Later he worked in the
World Bank on infrastructure development in Africa and Eastern Europe.
He has
since held several management positions, leading the bank’s programme in
diverse regions, including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as
in India and South Asia. 
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