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Alexandra Célestin is the World Bank Group Country Manager for the Republic of Congo since October 1st, 2025.

She will represent the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in the context of continued efforts to unify World Bank Group leadership at the national level.

Ms. Célestin joined IFC in 2006 in the Transactions Group of the Financial Markets Department. Since then, she has held various positions, including IFC’s Regional Financial Services Representative (FIG) for Anglophone West and Central Africa, based in Nigeria. In this role, she contributed to the growth of the IFC's activities and the expansion of its presence in IDA countries as well as in fragile, violence, and conflict-affected states (FCV). Prior to joining IFC, she held several senior positions in commercial banks in Haiti.

A Haitian national, Ms. Célestin holds a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.