World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press at the 2025 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference.

This event tackles one of the defining and complex challenges of our time: how to meet the stable employment aspirations of the developing world's fast-growing youth population. Through powerful ...

Christina Williams is an attorney-at-law and activist with a 10-year track record of developing landmark interventions that engender decent jobs and improve livelihoods. She contributed to the ...

Nicola Galombik is Executive Director with Yellowwoods, where she leads efforts to drive economic inclusion and sustainability through its portfolio of businesses and through partnerships in Africa on ...

Annpurna Devi is the Minister of Women and Child Development of India. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1998, 2000 and 2005. She held the positions of Minister of State for ...

Bill Winters was appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered PLC as Group Chief Executive on 10 June 2015, having joined the Group in May 2015. He is based in London. Bill has had a distinguished ...

Nonkululeko Nyembezi is the Chairperson of Standard Bank Group—which operates in more than 20 countries and is the largest lender in Africa by assets—and Standard Bank South Africa. She also serves as ...

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara is Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings and Executive Director and CEO of Temasek International. He has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of ...

Join us online for a series of live events featuring country voices and global leaders. The WBG-IMF Spring Meetings are open to anyone online, and present a unique opportunity for all to join central ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister ...

Dr. James Mwangi is Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, credited with democratizing financial access, leading Equity to become an integrated financial services Group operating in 6 African countries ...