Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the current Director General of World Trade Organisation, is a force to be reckoned with. Did you know that this economist and international development expert is a former Finance Minister of Nigeria? There is a lot to the stellar woman, let’s get into 10 fascinating facts about her!She is the first woman and the first African to hold the office of Director-General of the World Trade Organization.Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was educated at Harvard and has a Ph.D. in Regional Economics and Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is a member or chair of numerous boards and advisory groups: ONE Campaign, the World Resources Institute, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Nelson Mandela Institution, Friends of the Global Fund Africa, and the African Institutes of Science and Technology as well as the Center for Global Development (CGD).She was born on June 13, 1954 (age 66 years) in Ogwashi-Ukwu, Nigeria.Spent 25 years at the World Bank, rising to the No.2 position as managing director (2007-11)She flaunts her African identity in her African-print tailored outfits. She told the BBC in 2012 that she had adopted such attire as a working mother of four to do the school run, an easy answer for a smart look – and a thrifty one at that, given she estimated each outfit cost around $25.Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in her office the day she was named the new director-general of WTO. (Photo credit: her twitter) Dr. Ngozi has received honorary degrees from 14 universities worldwide, including some from the most prestigious colleges like Yale and Trinity College, Dublin. She is also a member of boards like Twitter, Standard Chartered and Bloomberg New Economy Forum.Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is married to Ikemba Iweala, a family medicine physician together they have 4 children.During her ministry, she imposed reforms which were intended to bombard…
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