Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed a member of
the international advisory panel of Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

The AIIB is a multilateral international
Development Bank set up on December 25, 2015,
with an initial capital of US$100 billion, one
million shares and an initial paid-up capital of US
$20 billion.
A statement at the weekend announced that
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,” AIIB Senior
Communication Officer, Mr Song Liyan said.

The AIIB President, Jin Liqun also said the panel
members would advise the Bank on the
development of its strategy.

He said: “It is a great honour to convene such an
experienced and diverse group of international
leaders to advise on the development of the
Bank’s strategy.
“I have no doubt that the advice the panel
provides will help shape the development of the
Bank in the years ahead.
“I could not ask for a better group of
ambassadors to help promote our new Bank to
the world,” Jin said.

The panel members include former Bank Negara
Malaysia governor Dr Zeti Aziz, former Pakistan
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and former Swedish
finance minister Anders Borg.

The others are former Timor-Leste finance
minister Emilia Pires, former World Bank chief
economist Nicholas Stern and former Japanese
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Global
Foundation secretary-general Steve Howard.
Others include Korea National Diplomatic
Academy chair professor and former South Korean
deputy prime minister and strategy and 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 are the
remaining panel members.


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