The World Bank has appointed Ms. Tania Meyer as its new Country Manager for Cambodia from July 29, 2024 in replacement of Ms. Maryam Salim who has ended her term.

According to its press release, Ms. Tania Meyer has more than 15 years of experience in the World Bank.

Prior to this assignment, Ms. Meyer served as Country Manager of the World Bank for Yemen and headed the World Bank Transitional Office for Yemen in Amman. She previously served as Resident Representative for Jordan where she established and led the World Bank Jordan Country Office.

Ms. Meyer joined the World Bank in 2008 and has served since then in different capacities in the Middle East and North Africa region, in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence group as Team Leader for the Korea Trust Fund for Peacebuilding and in the Office of the Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN.

Ms. Meyer also worked with international and local NGOs in Asia and Africa, including in Vietnam on school dropouts and street children, in China on rura
l education and in Uganda on HIV/AID programming.

A national of France, Ms. Meyer holds a Master’s in International Affairs and Economic Development from Columbia University and a Masters in Finance and International Business from Sciences-Po Paris. She is married and has two children.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse