Okonjo-Iweala Gets 2 Key Int’l Jobs

On Monday, September 21, Lazard Ltd announced that Okonjo-Iweala has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor with a focus on sovereign advisory.

She will be taking over from Dagfinn Høybråten, a former Norwegian minister of health and current secretary-general of the Nordic council of ministers, at GAVI. “The NPHCDA also paid required funds to UNICEF in 2012”, contrary to GAVI’s allegations.

Our CSNAC source described GAVI’s audit as “troubled”.

CSNAC’s independent investigation also debunked GAVI’s allegation that the Federal Ministry of Health and NPHCDA had not supplied the required incinerators. It particularly condemned “GAVI’s adamant and uncooperative posture”.

Okonjo-Iweala will be working out of Paris (France), Geneva (Switzerland) and London (United Kingdom).

The new portfolios follow her second stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, which ended in May after the Jonathan led government was voted out of office. She briefly held the position of Foreign Minister of Nigeria in 2006.

He credited Okonjo-Iweala for the launch of the treasury single account in the country, advising that women who excel in their various professions should be encouraged to participate in governance.

“Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has built a remarkable worldwide reputation over more than three decades in leadership positions in government and at the World Bank.She will be a strong addition as a Senior Advisor to our firm”. GAVI prompted SaharaReporters to submit questions by email but they remained unanswered at the time of publication.

At Lazard, she would work with the former Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating; former Special adviser to President Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan; former Spanish Economy Minister and current Senior Managing Director at Lazard, Rodrigo de Rato; former chair of NASDAQ, Frank Zarb; former Finance Minister of Chile, Andres Velasco, and former British Minister of Parliament/Secretary of State for global Development, Andrew Mitchell.