5 Quotes & Sayings By Jim Yong Kim

Jim Yong Kim is the President of the World Bank Group. He was nominated by the bank's Board of Executive Directors, which selected him from a list of five candidates with experience in public health, development, and governance. Before becoming president, he served as the Bank's Vice President for Strategy and Policy since October 2010, and was named to that position in July 2010. Mr Read more

Kim previously served as the Bank's Vice President for Operations and Management Development since 2003 and as its President since 2009. From 1999 to 2003, he was the Bank's Vice President for Global Health and Development Programs. Mr.

Kim has worked at the World Health Organization (WHO), where he held several senior positions, including Director of the Department of HIV/AIDS and Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Director of Global Enterprise Systems and Global Information Management. He also served as WHO's Head of Global Policy Planning and Budgeting, Associate Director-General for Strategic Planning and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining WHO, Mr.

Kim held various financial management positions in New York City at Citigroup; First American; Lehman Brothers; and Safeway Inc., among others. He was also an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs and Commerce (GSIC) from 1994 to 2003 while working at WHO. At GSIC, Mr.

Kim taught a course on "Financial Management for Public Sector Leaders." Mr. Kim received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Amherst College in economics in 1980; his M.B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1983; and an honorary D.Sc., honoris causa from Amherst College in 2001 for his contribution to public health policymaking both within the United States and internationally."

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No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better. Jim Yong Kim
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One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached. Jim Yong Kim
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One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way. Jim Yong Kim
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Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had. Jim Yong Kim