AfDB appoints Director of Special Operations in President’s Cabinet

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Emmanuel Moreira as Director of Special Operations in the President’s Cabinet Office, effective 1 July 2024.

Pinto Moreira, a Beninise economist, brings to the role over three decades of experience in macro-fiscal, growth, poverty, economic governance, trade, and competitiveness-related work. His career spans middle-income and low-income countries in the Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In his new role, Mr Moreira will focus on the initiative in the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy to revalue Africa’s green wealth, working closely with the Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Vice Presidency, and other stakeholders.