The World Bank has appointed David Knight, earlier a senior economist for the international bank and an adviser in the British and Sierra Leonean governments, as the lead economist for Russia with effect from September 1, 2021.
Before his current appointment, Knight, who will be based in Moscow, was the World Bank’s senior economist for Turkey and earlier on for Timor-Leste. Previously, he had held a World Bank Sydney-based role leading research on macroeconomics, poverty reduction, fiscal management and trade for several countries in Asia-Pacific, the World Bank said in a statement.
Before joining the World Bank, Knight, who is a dual British-Australian national, had been an economic adviser in the British government – at Revenue and Customs and at the Treasury – and as an economist for the Finance and Economic Development Ministry of Sierra Leone.
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