About the President

Paul Wolfowitz  is the 10^th president of the World Bank Group. He is chairman of the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors and president of a group of five interrelated organizations: 

• The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)  
• International Development Association (IDA) 
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)  
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
  (ICSID operates as a secretariat whose secretary-general is selected by its governing Administrative Council every six years. The World Bank Group president is chairman of the Administrative Council.)

The Executive Vice Presidents of IFC and MIGA report to the President of the World Bank Group.

See About Us for more on the Bank’s organization, with biographies of senior managers and World Bank organizational charts.