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ASIAN BANK APPOINTS FORMER MINISTER OF FINANCE, OKONJO-IWEALA TO ADVISORY PANEL

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Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed a member of the international advisory panel of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Okonjo-Iweala would join 10 other key persons on the panel.


The Panel provides impartial, objective and independent advice to the President, allowing the Bank to benefit from the international experience and expertise of panel members.

The panel members are former Bank Negara Malaysia governor, Dr Zeti Aziz; former Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz;  former Swedish finance minister Anders Borg; former Timor-Leste finance minister,Emilia Pires; former World Bank chief economist, Nicholas Stern; former Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama; Global Foundation secretary-general, Steve Howard;Korea National Diplomatic Academy chair professor and former South Korean deputy prime minister and strategy ,finance minister Dr Oh-Seok Hyun; Former U.S. ambassador Paul Speltz and London School of Economics professor and former Hong Kong chief executive ,Tung Chee-Hwa.

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