Ana Lourenco

Ana Afonso Dias Lourenco serves as an Executive Director at the Board of the World Bank Group, and represents the constituency of Angola, Nigeria and South Africa. She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board’s Ethics Committee and on the Human Resources Committee (HRC) (pdf) for 2014-2015. Ms Lourenco served from 1997 to 2012 as Vice Minister and Minister of Planning of Angola; President of the National Council of Statistics, President of SADC’s National Commission, National Coordinator of the FED Fund, Angola’s Governor for the World Bank and African Development Bank and Member of the Government’s Economic Cabinet. During the 2012-2014 Board term, she served as Alternate Executive Director in the same office. From 1986 – 1997, Senior Advisor, Provincial Planning Cabinet, Benguela, Angola, Head of Investments Department, Ministry of Planning of Angola, and National Director, Investment Department. Ms Lourenco graduated from the University of Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola and also completed a certificate in Macroeconomic Policy and Management.