Clara Ana De Sousa is the World Bank Division Director for the Sahel countries including Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger since July 2021. She previously was responsible for IDA administration and replenishment in the Strategy and Operations unit. Having joined the Bank in June 2005 as a Senior Economist in the Economic Policy Sector in the Latin America and Caribbean region, she has since held various positions in Africa and the Development Finance Vice Presidency (DFI). During her tenure in the Africa Region, she served as the Country Manager for Angola and Sao Tome and Principe and as a Senior Economist for Mali. Before joining the World Bank, Clara de Sousa was an Executive Director at the Bank of Mozambique, as well as Director and Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique.