Nigerian former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has resumed work as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
She resumed work today, March 1st 2021.
Ngozi is a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She sits on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and the African Risk Capacity.
Welcome to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala on her first day as WTO Director-General!
— WTO (@wto) March 1, 2021
She makes history as the first woman and first African to take up this post. pic.twitter.com/WHWZZsA6Ka