Juan José Daboub

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Juan José Daboub, Ph.D., joined the World Bank on June 28, 2006. He is the Managing Director who is currently responsible for the Bank’s operations in 89 countries (in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa), and for the Human Development and Sustainable Development Networks. In addition, he oversees other administrative vice-presidencies and functions, including the Information Systems Group (ISG), the World Bank Institute (WBI), and the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT).

Prior to joining the Bank Group, he served concurrently as El Salvador’s Minister of Finance and Chief of Staff to the President. In this capacity, Daboub helped to navigate his native country through several regional economic challenges – securing and sustaining El Salvador’s investment grade rating, dollarizing the economy, and completing a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. During this period, he also oversaw the reconstruction of El Salvador after the two earthquakes in 2001.

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Daboub distinguished himself in both the public and private sectors, as well as in academia. He led family-owned businesses for nearly a decade before joining the Board of CEL, El Salvador’s electric utility, and he presided over El Salvador’s electric distribution companies. Subsequently, he was named President of ANTEL, the state-owned telecommunications company, which he re-structured and privatized through a competitive process. Daboub served in three different Governments over twelve years, and then returned to the private sector.

In 2004, Daboub joined former President Flores of El Salvador in forming the America Libre Institute, where he worked in several projects implementing proven public policies that had been successfully deployed throughout Latin America.

Juan was born into a closely-knit Arabic family, raised in El Salvador, and holds a Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.