Dr. Fathi Kemicha External Member and Chair  Dr. Fathi Kemicha, a Tunisian national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007 and as the Sanctions Board Chair since 2009. Dr. Kemicha is an attorney at law in France and Tunisia, with extensive experience in international arbitration for public and private entities. Among other notable representations, he has appeared as counsel to sovereign states in cases before the International Court of Justice.
Dr. Kemicha has been for the last ten years a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and serves on the Dubai International Arbitration Centre Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. He is also a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and acted as a Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration and the London Court of International Arbitration. Dr. Kemicha has been awarded the French Legion of Honour and the Order of Bahrain (First Class). Dr. Kemicha holds a diploma in International Relations from the Institute of Political Studies – Paris (Sciences Po) and Ph.D. in International Law (with distinction) from the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School. Mr. Hassane Cissé Internal Member  Mr. Hassane Cissé, a Senegalese national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007. Mr. Cissé has been the World Bank’s Deputy General Counsel, Knowledge and Research, since 2009, in which capacity he provides intellectual leadership on strategic legal and policy issues facing the institution and leads the Bank’s knowledge agenda on law, justice and development.
In his prior position as the Bank’s Chief Counsel for Operations Policy, Mr. Cissé contributed to the modernization and simplification of the Bank’s legal and policy framework, and served as legal advisor on governance and anticorruption. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Cissé was Counsel at the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Cissé obtained his LL.B. (High Hons.) from Dakar University in Senegal. He also holds an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School as well as graduate law degrees (Hons.) from the Universities of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris II – Panthéon-Assas, and a graduate degree in history from the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne (High Hons.). Mr. Cissé is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Rule of Law. Ms. Marielle Cohen-Branche External Member  Ms. Marielle Cohen-Branche, a French national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007. Ms. Cohen-Branche has been a member of the French Court of Cassation since 2003. She has an extensive career in public service and serves as a member of the French Fiscal Litigation Committee, the Sanctions Commission for the French Stock Exchange Regulator, and the National Banking Mediation Committee. From 1978 to 2002, Ms. Cohen-Branche was a senior executive and legal manager at an international banking institution. Prior to her time in the private sector, she served as General Secretary of CEDIMOM, a non-governmental organization that assists European countries operating in developing nations.
Ms. Cohen-Branche graduated from Sciences Po, Paris, and earned an LL.M. from the University of Paris. For her distinguished national service, Ms. Cohen-Branche has been awarded the French Legion of Honour. Ms. Cornelia Cova External Member Ms. Cornelia Cova, a Swiss national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007. Ms. Cova has been a Federal Penal Judge of Switzerland since 2007, the President of the Second Chamber of Appeals at the Federal Penal Court since 2008, and a substitute judge at the High Court of Administration in Zurich since 2010. Ms. Cova has previously served as an Examining Magistrate in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, with the unit for International Assistance in Criminal Matters, as an Examining Magistrate for the District of Buelach, and as the Deputy Director of the Examining Magistrate’s Office. As an Examining Magistrate, she has overseen complex international financial cases involving money laundering and corruption. Ms. Cova received her law degree and LL.M. degree in International Business Law from the University of Zurich. Since 2003, she has been a Professor at Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Geva in Lima, Peru. The Peruvian government has awarded her “Al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos en el Grade de Gran Oficial,” and the “Medalla del Ministerio Público” for her public service. Ms. Patricia Diaz Dennis
External Member  Ms. Patricia Diaz Dennis, a U.S. national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007. Ms. Dennis was Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for AT&T Inc. until she retired in 2008. She has served as a member of the National Labor Relations Board and as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. In 1992, Ms. Dennis received a third presidential appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
Ms. Dennis has received numerous honors in recognition of her leadership in the legal and Hispanic communities. Long active in the Girl Scouts of the USA, Ms. Dennis served as Chair of its Board of Directors from 2005 to 2008. Ms. Dennis holds a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and a J.D. from Loyola University of Los Angeles.
Ms. Hoonae Kim
Internal Member  Ms. Hoonae Kim, a Korean national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2007. Ms. Kim is currently Sector Manager for the World Bank’s Agriculture and Environment Program in the Middle East and North Africa Region covering twenty-two countries. Over her twenty-five year tenure in the World Bank Group, Ms. Kim has worked in over forty countries in four different regions both in the Bank and IFC, including transitional economies in Asia and Europe. Most recently, Ms. Kim managed the Bank’s Sustainable Development Program in Vietnam, where her portfolio included urban development, water, transport, energy, agriculture, environment, and social development operations. Ms. Kim has also served on multiple World Bank Sector Boards and special committees, including the Diversity Committee.
Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Kim worked in the private sector and at Cornell University. She was educated in Engineering and Economics at the University of California at Berkeley, McGill University, and Cornell University. Mr. Hartwig Schafer Internal Member  Mr. Hartwig Schafer, a German national, has served on the Sanctions Board since 2009. Mr. Schafer has over twenty years of experience in professional and managerial positions in the World Bank Group and at the European Commission. He is currently Director of Strategy and Operations in the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Network Vice Presidency, in which capacity he oversees the World Bank’s engagement in the areas of climate change, sustainable infrastructure, agriculture and food security, and coordinates external partnerships in the public and private sectors. Previously, Mr. Schafer held the position of Director for Operations and Strategy in the Africa Regional Vice President’s Office, where he oversaw implementation of the Africa Action Plan, with its focus on results and scaling up development impact across Sub-Saharan Africa. Earlier, he served as the Bank’s Country Director for Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and as Chief Administrative Officer for the Africa Region.
Mr. Schafer has a Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. and M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics. International Finance Corporation (IFC) Alternate Members Mr. Syed Babar Ali External IFC Alternate Mr. Syed Babar Ali, a Pakistani national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Ali is a Pakistani entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, and a former Finance Minister of Pakistan for Economic Affairs and Planning. Mr. Ali founded the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and from 1996 to 1999 served as International President of the World Wildlife Fund. He has received honors and awards from the Governments of Sweden, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom, including appointment to the Order of the British Empire in 1997. Mr. Ali received his bachelor’s degree from Punjab University in Pakistan, and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree of laws from McGill University. Mr. William Bulmer Internal IFC Alternate  Mr. William Bulmer, a U.K. national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Bulmer has over twenty years of finance experience in emerging markets and has led a broad spectrum of project, corporate and equity financings. Following managerial positions in IFC’s Infrastructure Department and Environment and Social Development Department, Mr. Bulmer currently serves as an Associate Director and the Global Head of Mining Investments at IFC.
Mr. Bulmer was educated in the U.K. with a B.Sc. from the University of Reading and an MBA from Cranfield University. Ms. Robin Glantz Internal IFC Alternate  Ms. Robin Glantz, a U.S. national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Ms. Glantz has a thirty-year career with IFC, working in various countries, regions and sectors, including general manufacturing and infrastructure, managing IFC’s Oil and Gas Division, and managing a portion of IFC’s Eastern Europe portfolio. She is currently a member of IFC's Credit Training Team. Ms. Glantz has a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Rodrigo B. Oreamuno External IFC Alternate Mr. Rodrigo Oreamuno, a Costa Rican national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Oreamuno was the First Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998, and has also served as Minister of the Presidency of the Republic, member of the Costa Rican Congress, Alternate Justice of the Supreme Court, and Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Currently in private legal practice, Mr. Oreamuno specializes in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, national and international arbitration, and international mediation. He received his law degree from the University of Costa Rica. Multilateral Insurance Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Alternate Members Mr. Nabil Fawaz Internal MIGA Alternate  Mr. Nabil Fawaz, a Lebanese national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Fawaz has almost twenty years of experience in the World Bank Group, having spent fifteen of those years in MIGA. He currently serves as Sector Leader for agribusiness, manufacturing, and services in MIGA’s Operations Group. Before joining MIGA, Mr. Fawaz worked at IFC, where he focused on the development of financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mr. Fawaz holds a master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, with a concentration in finance. Mr. Bernard Hanotiau External MIGA Alternate Mr. Bernard Hanotiau, a Belgian national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Hanotiau, an attorney at law in Belgium and France, has held numerous leadership positions and memberships with leading international arbitration bodies, including the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Council and the Council of the International Chamber of Commerce Institute. Mr. Hanotiau has published and lectured extensively on international commercial law and arbitration, and is a member of the editorial boards of numerous international law and arbitration publications. He received his Ph.D. from Louvain University, where he is a Professor of Law; and an LL.M. from Columbia University. Mr. Anne van’t Veer External MIGA Alternate Mr. Anne van't Veer, a Dutch national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. van’t Veer is a former Secretary-General of the Berne Union. He has held management and board positions with multiple major financial institutions and corporations, as well as positions in the International Monetary Fund and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Netherlands. He studied macroeconomics and monetary theory in the Netherlands. Mr. Daniel Villar Internal MIGA Alternate  Mr. Daniel Villar, a U.S. national, has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. Mr. Villar currently serves as Lead Risk Management Officer in MIGA’s Economics and Policy Group, where he is responsible for overseeing country risk analysis and the economic analysis of projects, and also leads MIGA’s research team. His previous work experience includes positions in the World Bank, a major management consulting firm in the U.S., and a European multinational corporation.
Mr. Villar received an MBA from INSEAD - Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires, an M.A. in International Development from American University, and a B.A. in politics and government from the University of Maryland. |
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