Pretoria – The New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS on Thursday announced the allocation of formal responsibilities to the four vice presidents of the bank.
Xian Zhu has been appointed as the Chief Operations Officer, who will be responsible for operations, including project lending, operational compliance and project procurement as well as the regional offices of the NDB.
The Chief Financial Officer is Leslie Maasdorp, who will be responsible for the treasury and portfolio management as well as the finance budgeting and accounting functions.
The Chief Risk Officer will be Paulo Nogueira Batista Jnr, whose role will include economic research, risk management, strategy and partnerships.
Vladimir Kazbekov will be the Chief Administration Officer responsible for human resources, information technology, administration and corporate communications.
The bank is backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — collectively known as BRICS. It opened its headquarters in Shanghai, China, in July.
The bank, which lends money to developing countries to help finance infrastructure projects, is seen as an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
NDB President Kundapur Vaman Kamath said the bank is pleased with the progress to date in finalising the broad policy framework and organisational structure.
This will now enable the NDB to progress to the next phase of its establishment.
“After completion of the initial start-up phase, we are now in a position to allocate formal responsibilities with immediate effect to the four Vice Presidents. We will now be in a position over the next few months to commence our talent acquisition for our permanent staff complement,” Kamath said.