Faris H. Hadad-Zervos

Faris Hadad-Zervos is the World Bank Country Manager for Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur. Faris, a US national, joined the World Bank in 1996 with the Private Sector Development Department. He served as Manager of the Technical Cooperation Program with the Gulf Cooperation Countries (2000-2003), Head of Mission for Iraq (2003-2005), Operations Manager for the West Bank and Gaza (2005-2008), Acting Director for Fragile States in the Operations Department (2010-2011) and Country Manager for Bolivia (2012-2015). In 2008, Faris took a leave of absence from the World Bank to serve as the Deputy Head of the Quartet Office for the Middle East Peace Process, based in Jerusalem.

Faris holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from George Mason University, and a Master’s Degree in Finance from George Washington University.