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About Amara Mohamed Konneh
- Amara M.
- Konneh (born 7 December 1972) is the manager of the World Bank Group's Global Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) Hub in Nairobi, Kenya.
- He joined the Bank after nearly a decade of service with the Government of Liberia, most recently as Minister of Finance and Development Planning and National Coordinator of the Liberia Development Alliance from February 2012 to April 2016.
- Prior to this, he was Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs and Head of the Presidential Office of the Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee.
- Earlier in his career, he worked for the Vanguard Group of Investment Companies as well as the International Rescue Committee in Guinea as Education Coordinator. As manager of the Bank's Global Fragility, Conflict and Violence Hub, Konneh's top three priorities will be to: (i) implement the Bank's Cross-cutting Solutions Area's (CCSA) strategic priorities, as part of the GCFDR Management Team, and in close coordination with GPs, CMUS, IFC, MIGA and development partners on the ground; (ii) lead the Nairobi-based team of the CCSA to provide operational and analytical support on FCV issues and to disseminate best practices and lessons learned; and (iii) represent the Bank and manage relationships with the donor community in Nairobi. He was a core member of President Johnson Sirleaf's Economic Management Team and is credited with helping to stabilize the Liberian economy from the effects of a protracted civil war and the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) that almost brought the Liberian economy to its knees.
- Konneh is also the architect of Liberia's long term development perspective and first national vision, known as Liberia Rising 2030 and current five-year development agenda (Agenda for Transformation - 2012 - 2017) that achieved average growth rate of 6% during his tenure.
- As Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs, he also successfully coordinated the successful implementation of the Lift Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy, the administration's three year post-conflict plan from 2008 to 2011 that achieved an average growth rate of 7.5%.
- He is a graduate from the John F.
- Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a master's degree in public administration with a concentration in political and economic development.
- He also holds a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor's degree from Drexel University. Konneh provided leadership for several continental, regional and sub-regional organizations.
- He most recently served as Chairman of Africa Group I Constituency of the IMF.
- Previously, he served as Chairman of the Mano River Union (MRU) Ministerial Council and the African Peer Review Mechanism's Ministerial Council.
- He was the coordinator of all the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) activities in Liberia. He is the recipient of Harvard University's Kennedy School 2016 Alumni Public Service Award and was named Africa's Finance Minister of the Year 2014 by The Banker magazine, a subsidiary of the Financial Times for his efforts to reform, stabilize and grow the Liberian economy.
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