Mohsen Khalil
Director of the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department
Mohsen Khalil is a joint Director at the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department. In this capacity, Mr. Khalil is in charge of the World Bank Group’s activities in the area of telecommunications and information technologies world wide. This involves advisory work to governments on sector reforms, regulatory frameworks and institutional capacity building, in addition to supporting private investments in developing countries.
Prior to this appointment, he was Director of IFC's Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa Department. He also served IFC as Chief Investment Officer in the Telecommunications, Transport, and Utilities Department.
Before joining the World Bank Group, while also a Professor of Business at the American University of Beirut, Mr. Khalil served as Chief Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Board Director of Lebanon's Autonomous Fund for Housing, and advisor to various governments and major corporations in the Middle East. He also worked with McKinsey & Co. Management Consultants, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and MITRE Corporation.
Mr. Khalil holds an M.S. from MIT Sloan School of Management, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a B.Sc. in Physics from the American University of Beirut.
