World Bank appoints Susan Gold Mark as new country director in Nepal

The World Bank (WB) has appointed Susan Goldmark as its new country director for Nepal. She will succeed Kenichi Ohashi, who served in the position since 2000.

According to a press release issued by the World Bank Nepal Office, Goldmark, an American national, joined the Bank in 1988 as a private sector development specialist in the Africa region. Since then, she held various positions including Sector Manager for Finance, Private Sector Development and Energy clusters in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Earlier, she studied and worked in Nepal.

“When I was a 20-year old student, I lived in Nepal and was captivated by the country's peoples, cultures and beauty,” Goldmark was quoted as saying by the release. I feel privileged and excited to return at this time of both promise and challenges, and I look forward to supporting the goals of peace and development in Nepal, she said.

Goldmark was selected through a Bank-wide competitive managerial selection process. She will take up the position effective July 1, 2007. Ohashi, meanwhile, will move to Africa where he will take up the position of World Bank country director for Ethiopia and Sudan.