US Department of State Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel on Friday said US nominee for World Bank presidency, Indian-American Ajay Banga is uniquely equipped to lead the World Bank at such a critical moment.
During a press briefing, Patel said, Ajay Banga “is uniquely equipped to lead the World Bank at such a critical moment, and he’s an exceptional candidate.” Banga’s “leadership skills and management experience, his experience in the financial sector, will help achieve the World’s Bank objectives by eliminating extreme poverty, expanding prosperity, while also doing so in a very evolving and dynamic global playing field, where we’re dealing with a lot of new and pressing issues and challenges, like climate change and global health challenges and other things as well,” Patel added
The World Bank recently said that Indian-American Ajay Banga is the only candidate nominated for the President’s position as the nomination period closed on March 29.
The World Bank announced that Ajay Banga will be considered for the position.
In a press release issued on its website, the World Bank said, “The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors confirmed that, as announced on February 22, the period for submitting nominations for the position of the next President of the World Bank Group closed on Wednesday, March 29 at 6:00 pm ET.”
