Former World Bank country manager for the South Pacific Stefano Mocci is now World Bank Group country manager for Fiji, the World Bank announced this week.
The newly created position provides Fiji with a single point of contact for access to the full breadth of World Bank Group products and services, and enhance the institutions’ ability to address global challenges, and drive development with speed, efficiency, and impact, it said in a statement.
“We are committed to this new and unified leadership approach that will enable us to better support the country’s public and private sector to better serve the people of Fiji,” Mr Mocci said.
“Unified bank group leadership will improve our speed and make us a better partner to the government, the private sector, and ultimately the people we serve.”
Prior to this role, Mr Mocci held various positions across the World Bank Group, most recently as World Bank Country Manager for the South Pacific and World Bank Country Manager for Papua New Guinea.
He also held field-based posts both in middle-income countries and fragile, conflict and violence-affected states. He served as Senior Country Officer and Senior Operations Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Region, where he oversaw the delivery of the World Bank’s program, maintaining close relationships with national authorities and key stakeholders in West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
Before joining the World Bank Group in 2000, Mr Mocci worked as a Governance Program Officer at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Mr Mocci will continue his existing role as World Bank Country Manager for the other South Pacific countries including Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Nauru.
