IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the appointment of Amena Arif as its new Country Manager for Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Malawi, effective immediately.
Arif is a Pakistani national and she joined IFC in 2012 after building a career in commercial banking with Citibank and ABN AMRO Bank. She led IFC’s debt and equity investment transactions working with financial institutions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. Most recently, Arif served as IFC’s Country Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, based in Colombo.
As IFC Country Manager for East Africa and Malawi, Arif will be based in Nairobi.
“I am excited to take up this new position at IFC and look forward to working in such a dynamic region. East Africa’s private sector has proved resilient, including through the COVID-19 crisis, but it can be an even more powerful engine of growth going forward, delivering equitable and sustainable growth,” said Amena Arif.
Arif holds an MBA from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan. She succeeds Manuel Moses, who moved to a new role outside IFC after successfully serving as IFC East Africa Country Manager for five years.
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