MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank announces the appointment of Ms. Mara K. Warwick as its new country director in the Philippines, effective March 1, 2016.
Trained as an environmental engineer, Warwick has expertise in flood management, urban development, urban environmental services, and disaster risk management. She joined the World Bank in 2003.
Warwick, an Australian national and the first female country director for the Philippines, replaces Motoo Konishi, who retired recently after 35 years of service at the World Bank.
In the Philippines, she will be managing a growing portfolio of projects that support the country’s goal of promoting and sustaining inclusive growth—growth that reduces poverty and creates more and better jobs.
From 2003 to 2009, Warwick managed water supply, waste-water, solid waste and flood management projects in China and the Philippines.
