The World Bank Group today announced the appointment of Judith Green as Country Manager for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean States, effective September 1, 2026.
Based in Barbados, Ms. Green will represent the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), working with governments and the private sector to advance job creation and sustainable development across the sub-region.
Ms. Green brings extensive World Bank Group experience to the position. Most recently, she served concurrently as World Bank Group Country Manager for Malaysia and IFC Country Manager for Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand, where she mobilized private sector investment and managed large advisory services programs.
In these roles, she worked closely with the public and private sector to support public sector reforms and increase private sector investment in both Malaysia and the Pacific region while managing large advisory services programs.
A Jamaican national, Ms. Green also brings a rare combination of multilateral and government experience. Between 2013 and 2016, while on external service leave from IFC, she led the Government of Jamaica’s Coordination and Implementation Unit, which was responsible for overseeing the successful implementation of Jamaica’s 2013 four-year Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund — a landmark economic reform program for the country.
Before joining the World Bank Group, Ms. Green had a distinguished career in finance, working at several financial institutions with a focus on corporate finance and global loan capital markets.
