The Office of the Executive Director for Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines is one on twenty five Chairs on the World Bank Group Board of Directors. The office is responsible for facilitating the functions of the Executive Director which includes representing constituency countries considering and deciding on IBRD loan and guarantees proposals and IDA credit, grant and guarantee proposals made by the President, and it decides on policies that guide the Bank's general operations.

In addition the advisors represent constituency interests on several committees including Audit Committee and Budget Committee.

Currently the Executive Director sits on the Committee On Development Effectiveness (CODE) & Committee On Governance and Executive Directors' Administrative Matters (COGAM)

 

Alternate Executive Director & Advisors

The Executive Director is supported by the Alternate Executive Director, from one of the Caribbean countries in the constituency

 as well as advisors from:

Canada

Department of Finance, Canada 

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada's lead agency for development assistance.

Ireland

Department of Finance, Ireland 

The Central Bank of Ireland with contributions from Irish Aid, the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries.

The Caribbean

Government appointed advisor usually from Finance Ministries of one of the countries on a rotational basis.