Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2022 — IFC has appointed Judith Green as its new Country Manager for the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. Green will focus on developing new opportunities for private sector investment to drive jobs and growth, helping nations recover from the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle climate change.
Based in Sydney, Green will oversee IFC's operations in the 13 member countries in the region. She will also manage IFC's relationships with regional governments, private sector stakeholders and development partners, including the governments of Australia and New Zealand. A Jamaican national, Green most recently worked as IFC's Country Manager for the Caribbean overseeing IFC's operations in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the English-speaking Caribbean.
"Judith Green brings a unique and valuable combination of private and public sector experience to our work in the Pacific," said Kim-See Lim, IFC Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific. "Despite their distance from each other, the Pacific and Caribbean islands face similar challenges, so Judith's background and experience will be invaluable in driving IFC's work in the region."
In the Caribbean, Green led innovative initiatives at a time many countries were facing significant fiscal constraints amid a sharp downturn in tourism revenue due to the pandemic. Her leadership contributed to important developments in airports and early-stage work on public-private partnerships for roads, power, as well as broadband provision.
"Climate change is clearly the most profound challenge facing Pacific Islands nations so mobilizing capital to help build resilience and spur sustainable development is vital to its people and the region's future," said Green. "Developing the blue economy, boosting renewable energy, forging ahead with affordable housing, and ensuring gender issues are taken fully into account will be areas of focus for me in taking on this position. I look forward to redoubling IFC's efforts to help the region forge a sustainable path ahead, addressing its challenges and seizing opportunities that create conditions for business and people to thrive."
Green served as IFC Country Manager for the Caribbean from June 2020 to June 2022 prior to which she was IFC's head of the English-speaking Caribbean from 2016 to 2020. She also worked with IFC from 2011-2013 as a senior investment officer in Jamaica. From 2013 to 2016 Green worked with Jamaica's Ministry of Finance and Planning. As a member of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, she headed the Government of Jamaica's Coordination and Implementation Unit, successfully overseeing an International Monetary Fund Extended Fund Facility.
Green also has extensive experience in capital markets and corporate banking, having held senior management positions with RBC Bank Jamaica Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (New York), and Citibank N.A. Jamaica. She holds a BSc in Accounting from the University of the West Indies and is a Fellow of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica.
She takes over as Country Manager from Thomas J. Jacobs, who managed IFC's operations in the region successfully for the past five-and-a-half years. He was recently appointed as Country Manager for the Mekong region covering Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR, based in Hanoi.
IFC works with the governments of Australia and New Zealand under the Pacific Partnership, the PNG Partnership, and the Fiji Partnership to stimulate private sector investment and reduce poverty in the Pacific.
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