Inspection Panel - Election of Chair - Chairperson Election Notice

Jul 19, 2026

A World Bank/IFC/ MIGA Office Memorandum dated February 11, 2021 announces the unanimous election of Ms. Ramanie Kunanayagam as the next Chairperson of the Inspection Panel for a one-year term starting January 1, 2022. It also explains the extension of Ms. Imrana Jalal’s chair role until December 31, 2021 and the plan for Ms. Kunanayagam to serve full-time as a Panel member beginning October 1, 2021. The memorandum provides her background and qualifications, including fieldwork, leadership, global roles, and term timing.

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Announcement

Election of the next Chairperson

Transition arrangements and full-time service plan

Chairperson background and term details

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized THE WORLD BANK/IFC/M.I.G.A. OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: February 11, 2021 TO: Executive Directors and Alternates FROM: Rajesh Khullar, Chair, Committee on Development Effectiveness EXT.: [202-473-2841 / ](202-473-2841 / rkhullar@worldbank.org)[rkhullar@worldbank.org](202-473-2841 / rkhullar@worldbank.org) [SUBJECT:](SUBJECT: Inspection Panel)[ Inspection Panel](SUBJECT: Inspection Panel), Election of Chair I am pleased to inform you that pursuant to paragraph 8 of Resolution IBRD 2020-0004 and IDA 2020-0003, the members of the Inspection Panel unanimously elected Ms. Ramanie Kunanayagam to serve as the next Chairperson of the Inspection Panel for a year beginning on January 1, 2022. At the request of the Panel Members, Ms. Imrana Jalal, whose current term as Chairperson expires on June 30, 2021, has agreed to remain as Chair until December 31, 2021. In addition and in accordance with the Panel’s recommendation contained in the Assessment of the Pilot of Having a Second Panel Member on a Full-Time Basis (R2014-0005), beginning on October 1, 2021, Ms. Kunanayagam will serve on a full-time basis as Panel member for a period of three months before she assumes the role of the Panel Chair. A short resume of Ms. Kunanayagam is attached. Enclosure cc: The President Managing Directors Vice President and Corporate Secretary Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ramanie Kunanayagam Ramanie Kunanayagam, a Sri Lankan-born Australian citizen, was appointed to the Inspection Panel on December 16, 2018. She brings to the Panel three decades of experience across diverse geopolitical and multicultural environments in the private and public sectors. Ms. Kunanayagam spent more than 10 years doing fieldwork in a remote part of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. She has held leadership positions in sustainability in both the private sector (working for two FTSE 10 companies) and the nonprofit sector. Most recently before joining the Panel she was the Global Head for Social Performance and Human Rights for BG Group. She is a member of the boards of two international non-profit development organizations—RESOLVE and the Institute of Human Rights and Business. Ms. Kunanayagam has strong operational experience working across the entire project cycle. Her experience with multinational and international organizations and valuable experience living and working in more than 30 countries make evident her people skills and ability to broker trust relationships. Her appointment as a secondee to the World Bank very early in her career also gives her insight into and knowledge of the organization’s operations that complement the expertise she has developed working alongside civil society, multilaterals, bilaterals and communities affected by World Bank projects. She earned a Masters in Anthropology from Monash University, Australia. Her Panel term runs through December 15, 2023.

FAQs

Who was unanimously elected as the next Chairperson of the Inspection Panel?

Ms. Ramanie Kunanayagam was unanimously elected as the next Chairperson for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2022.

How was the transition handled for the outgoing Chairperson?

Ms. Imrana Jalal, whose term as Chairperson expired June 30, 2021, agreed to remain as Chair until December 31, 2021.

When will Ms. Kunanayagam begin full-time service as a Panel member before becoming Chair?

Beginning October 1, 2021, she will serve on a full-time basis as a Panel member for three months before assuming the role of Panel Chair.

Jul 19, 2026

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