IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. We help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, providing advisory services to businesses and governments, and mobilizing capital in the international financial markets. In fiscal 2011, amid economic uncertainty across the globe, we helped our clients create jobs, strengthen environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities—all while driving our investments to an all-time high of nearly $19 billion. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.
IFC Advisory Services in Vietnam helps Vietnamese firms make their operations more efficient and client-friendly, and raise their international competitiveness by improving social, environmental, and corporate governance practices. We support Vietnam’s sustainable development by helping to attract international investment to vital sectors such as infrastructure, renewable energy, and microfinance. Our Advisory Services are structured into four business lines: Access to Finance, Investment Climate, Sustainable Business Advisory, and Public-Private Partnerships. In the Mekong region covering Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam, our advisory services are delivered in partnership with the European Union, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland.
Their operations in Vietnam will be expanding in 2012, and we are looking for qualified applicants for the following three positions. All positions will be expected to lead existing and potential assistance projects in their Business Line and the IFC portfolio, including developing excellent client relations, designing and implementing projects for meaningful development impact, and ensuring IFC procedures are respected. In addition, all positions are expected to contribute to the development of IFC’s Vietnam Program by actively identifying new opportunities for IFC, providing input to IFC’s strategy for their Business Lines and building relationships with industry stakeholders.
1. Microfinance Operations Officer, Access to Finance – A2F (position no.120038)
IFC intends to support the development of Vietnam’s nascent commercial microfinance sector and increase access to microfinance services to urban and rural poor by creating an enabling environment and a financial sector that can create and manage sustainable private sector institutions to serve a large number of low-income households.
The Microfinance Operations Officer is a local 2 year term appointment based in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. S/he will work closely with and under the supervision of the A2F Vietnam Program Manager. S/he will be primarily responsible for the implementation of A2F Microfinance (MF) projects in Vietnam. S/he must be an experienced professional whose knowledge and skills enable him/her to undertake project design, project implementation, and knowledge management initiatives with limited direct supervision.
Specific duties and accountabilities:
- Lead the MF project development by addressing all key aspects (scope of work, terms, deliverables, etc.), monitoring results, benchmarking against best practice, and consulting with the relevant stakeholders.
- Prepare project work plans, budgets and project operational documents, consistent with overall IFC objectives, plans and budgets. Ensure project(s) compliance with IFC’s overall financial market strategy and IFC procedures.
- Prepare terms-of-reference and help identify, select, and schedule consultant assignments; guide consultants in the effective delivery of their services, including monitoring their work to ensure that agreed deliverables are met and that they are captured in appropriate reports.
- Analyze developmental impact of the project(s). Document progress, resolve issues, and initiate improvements when needed.
- Pro-actively and effectively develop and nurture working relationship with government partners and private sector partners including, but not limited to, banks and MFIs.
- Communicate the progress of the project(s) and overall program to IFC and related partners, and proactively engage with IFC communications to ensure external and internal communications issues are well addressed.
- Liaise and work closely with the IFC investment in joint appraisal teams working on existing or new advisory and investment projects.
- Identify key lessons learned to be shared with the wider IFC A2F team, and develop IFC Smart Lessons and other internal knowledge management documents in Microfinance.
- Contribute to raising external funding and donor relations.
- Contribute to A2F strategy for Vietnam to maximize IFC’s financial and social returns in both investment and advisory services.
- Travel as necessary to support project design and development, and implementation.
Selection criteria:
- Master’s degree in Finance/Economics/Business Administration/Law or equivalent degree from a recognized institution.
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience in financial sector, preferably with hands on experience in Microfinance.
- Proven experience in managing a project, preferably donor-funded, including project design, implementation and completion.
- Ability to work independently, multi-task, deal with conflicting priorities and deliver high quality work on schedule.
- Excellent analytical skills, including ability to evaluate projects and business operations on technical, commercial, managerial, and financial grounds.
- Proven Relationship Management experience: ability to establish strong credibility among senior clients including government and private sector clients.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build cooperative networks.
·- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend practical solutions.
- Strong oral and written English skills, including ability to write and edit project/program documents.
- Ability and willingness to travel in Vietnam.
2. Associate Operations Officer/Operations Officer, Investment Climate (position no.120040)
IFC’s Investment Climate (IC) work focuses on improving the policies, laws, and regulations that affect domestic and foreign investors and influence their decisions to invest. Our East Asia and the Pacific portfolio consists of more than 20 projects with a total volume of more than $20 million, and more than 30 staff working in 9 offices throughout the region.
The Associate Operations Officer/Operations Officer position is a local 2 year term appointment based in Hanoi, with possible renewable extension subject to business need and satisfactory performance. S/he will support the Regional Business Line Leader in building and managing IFC’s regional portfolio of the business line’s respective advisory initiatives in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region and the program in Vietnam. S/he will work in close collaboration with regional colleagues and global experts, and regional departments. S/he is expected to participate in and contribute to IFC strategy discussions, new project development, and donor relations.
Specific duties and accountabilities:
- Maintain IC pipeline activities in line with regional and business line strategies
- Prepare portfolio or topical reviews or analyses and financial projections and present results.
- Manage project reporting cycles, ensuring high quality and on-time (i) Project Supervision Reports (PSRs), (ii) Donor Reports and Presentations, and (iii) Project Completion Reports (PCRs).
- Maintain deadlines for submission and completion of initial review of all reports and ensure project compliance with all IFC and donor requirements.
- Oversee updates to project/pipeline activities in line with management/business line network/portfolio review discussions.
- Serve as proxy to the Regional Business Line Leader in project processing activities.
- Support PMs as necessary with program and administrative needs.
- Prepare documents such as donor/partner concept papers and proposals; monitor program/project funding gaps/needs.
- Coordinate recruitment of business line staff; assist and coordinate selection and monitoring of consultants including the preparation of Terms of Reference, negotiation of fees, processing of contracts; work alongside consultants in technical assistance assignments.
- Coordinate and deliver on (ad-hoc) IFC regional management or head office requests for data or information on IC projects in the region.
- Lead coordination and preparation of business line specific meetings, conferences, study tours and other events.
- Proactively seek out international best practice, national/corporate compliance requirements and internal advice, share information, and work in teams with other colleagues.
- Travel as necessary in the region.
Selection criteria:
- Masters in Business Administration, Law, Economics, Finance or Development or equivalent professional qualification.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, preferably including overseas study/work.
- Experience with international and/or bilateral/multilateral development institutions, as well as prior work in advisory/consulting in private sector development.
- Knowledge of the institutional, legal, regulatory framework and business practices in Vietnam.
- Strong administrative and organizational skills.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Interested candidates please review the complete job description and apply on-line at http://www.ifc.org/careers and choose the relevant vacancy number. Please note that you need to register before submitting your application. The closing date is 20th February 2012. Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.
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2012年1月29日星期日
Mega hub of opportunities
ABU DHABI – UAE’s investors can build a mega business district in South Korea’s capital Seoul, besides buying shares and equities, and bonds. They can also set up joint ventures in technology, Research & Development, manufacturing and financial services, officials said.
The economic planners at the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul think that the UAE’s money can create hundreds of ‘wonder projects’ in both the countries and elsewhere, using their technological prowess.
South Korea, which invests more than five per cent of the $1 trillion gross domestic product into research and development annually, is proud of technology and highly skilled human resources. They believe that UAE’s financing can help translate their hi-tech research into finished goods for the global consumers.
These views were expressed by South Korean officials unofficially at the Foreign Investment Week, held at Seoul recently. Organised by Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency, or KOTRA, the seminar attracted investors and investment advisors from around the world.
Sharing the thinking in the agency, an official said, “Abu Dhabi has an ambitious economic transformation plan aiming at creating new economic sectors to diversify its growth by 2030.”
The UAE’s investors can benefit from Korean business intelligence on Asia, and vice versa South Koreans could make use of the UAE’s influence in the MENA region.
South Korean industrial and technology-rich companies are in a position to contribute their expertise and knowledge to realise Abu Dhabi’s industrial ambitions in a big way by setting up joint venture projects in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, or Kizad.
An official of KOTRA, which was behind South Korea’s great strides of attracting $17 billion in foreign direct investments last year, told Khaleej Times, the UAE’s investors can enter into joint ventures with the thousands of South Korea’s SMEs, which have technology and expertise in different industries in their bid to expand their product base in and outside of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea’s industrial sector is fast catching up the biggest manufacturing power house in the world that’s why it needs capital.
Already it ranks number one in ship-building with 44.4 per cent share in the world market; it’s the third in semi-conductor making with 11.2 per cent of the global share; its fourth in electronics, as in one in two of the LCDs, and one in four mobile phone sets under use in the world are manufactured there.
Capital-hungry, South Korea also wants investments to set up hi-tech industries in almost all sectors, particularly to manufacture PV solar panels, organic LEDs, apart from aluminum smelters, cables and wires, auto parts and others.
One of the most exciting areas of investment in the fast growing economy is the real estate development, where several of the UAE companies with global exposure can make money.
The South Korean economy, which was least affected by the sovereign debt crisis in the Europe and US, is also welcoming portfolio investors from the UAE to invest into its stock exchange, which is really doing well on the back of strong industrial economy. The bond market and private equity are also quite attractive for the UAE investors.
While the industrial economies in the West are threatened by the downgrades in their credit worthiness, Korea’s credit rating forecast has been upgraded.
Korea ranked 8th out of 183 countries in the World Bank’s 2011 Doing Business report, up 8 levels from last year. And, according to the recent OECD report on the restrictiveness of FDI regulations, Korea has jumped from ranking 41st out of 42 countries in 1997 to 10th in 2010. South Korea is seeking foreign investments into its high growth economic sectors of renewable energy, service industry, research and development and logistics.
Other areas in which, Asia’s third biggest economy is attracting investments include chemical and electronic material industries.
Incentives to attract foreign investors in FEZs include: corporate tax, income tax break for a period of 5-7 years (100 per cent in the first 3-5 years and then 50 per cent in the next two years); acquisition and registration tax 100 per cent for the first 15 years; property tax 100 per cent for the first 10 years, 50 per cent for the next three years; rent/lease reduction is also providing depends on the investment amount.
Among exciting investment opportunities for the UAE investors include a new business district in the heart of Seoul is being developed by a group of 30 companies. Along with several other mega infrastructure projects including the development of six economic free zones and mixed use real estate projects.
Investment is also sought for Yongsan International Business District, a project to be completed in 2016, which will comprise 67 multi-storied buildings and big civic structures including a landmark, the tallest 100-floors. The $30 billion mega project’s gross floor area is as huge as 3.46 million square metres. The mega development will include office and retail spaces, luxury apartments, hotels, and cultural facilities. It will be the world’s brightest LED skyline, as all the buildings will be covered with LED, which will light-up in evenings.
Foreign direct investment in South Korea gained 4.6 per cent last year on largely increased investment from advanced countries. South Korea attracted $13.67 billion in FDI last year, compared with $13.07 billion in 2010, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
“Foreign investment in South Korea is beginning to grow and the amount reached more than $13 billion in 2011 for the second consecutive year since 2010, while the average amount since 2000 stayed below $12 billion,” it said in a latest report.
“This appears to reflect the growing confidence of the international community in the South Korean economy.”
Direct investment from advanced countries surged 33.6 per cent on-year to about $9.69 billion with FDI from EU nations jumping 57.4 per cent and the United States 20.2 per cent.
Investment from China increased 21.6 per cent to $1.94 billion over the cited period but investment from the Middle East plunged 46.2 per cent to $92 million as investor sentiment remains low amid continued political unrest in the region.
The FDI in South Korea’s service sector gained 15.4 per cent from a year earlier to $7.27 billion while foreign investment in the country’s manufacturing industry dropped 15.1 per cent to $5.65 billion.
The ministry said FDI in 2012 will likely remain at around $13 billion. The UAE-Korea economic partnership is strengthening every passing day, as the leadership of the both nations values fostering these relations. The warm relations have also resulted in the closer cooperation in developing economic projects for mutual benefits.
Abu Dhabi’s confidence in South Korea is also reflected from the award of the $20 billion project to build 1600 megawatt Nuclear Plants deal, which has deepened the relations since then. This is not it, in the last 18-months Korea’s engineering and construction companies have snatched $25 billion worth oil and gas development projects in Abu Dhabi.
Sky is the limit for Korea’s companies in the UAE.
haseeb@khaleejtimes.com
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The economic planners at the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul think that the UAE’s money can create hundreds of ‘wonder projects’ in both the countries and elsewhere, using their technological prowess.
South Korea, which invests more than five per cent of the $1 trillion gross domestic product into research and development annually, is proud of technology and highly skilled human resources. They believe that UAE’s financing can help translate their hi-tech research into finished goods for the global consumers.
These views were expressed by South Korean officials unofficially at the Foreign Investment Week, held at Seoul recently. Organised by Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency, or KOTRA, the seminar attracted investors and investment advisors from around the world.
Sharing the thinking in the agency, an official said, “Abu Dhabi has an ambitious economic transformation plan aiming at creating new economic sectors to diversify its growth by 2030.”
The UAE’s investors can benefit from Korean business intelligence on Asia, and vice versa South Koreans could make use of the UAE’s influence in the MENA region.
South Korean industrial and technology-rich companies are in a position to contribute their expertise and knowledge to realise Abu Dhabi’s industrial ambitions in a big way by setting up joint venture projects in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, or Kizad.
An official of KOTRA, which was behind South Korea’s great strides of attracting $17 billion in foreign direct investments last year, told Khaleej Times, the UAE’s investors can enter into joint ventures with the thousands of South Korea’s SMEs, which have technology and expertise in different industries in their bid to expand their product base in and outside of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea’s industrial sector is fast catching up the biggest manufacturing power house in the world that’s why it needs capital.
Already it ranks number one in ship-building with 44.4 per cent share in the world market; it’s the third in semi-conductor making with 11.2 per cent of the global share; its fourth in electronics, as in one in two of the LCDs, and one in four mobile phone sets under use in the world are manufactured there.
Capital-hungry, South Korea also wants investments to set up hi-tech industries in almost all sectors, particularly to manufacture PV solar panels, organic LEDs, apart from aluminum smelters, cables and wires, auto parts and others.
One of the most exciting areas of investment in the fast growing economy is the real estate development, where several of the UAE companies with global exposure can make money.
The South Korean economy, which was least affected by the sovereign debt crisis in the Europe and US, is also welcoming portfolio investors from the UAE to invest into its stock exchange, which is really doing well on the back of strong industrial economy. The bond market and private equity are also quite attractive for the UAE investors.
While the industrial economies in the West are threatened by the downgrades in their credit worthiness, Korea’s credit rating forecast has been upgraded.
Korea ranked 8th out of 183 countries in the World Bank’s 2011 Doing Business report, up 8 levels from last year. And, according to the recent OECD report on the restrictiveness of FDI regulations, Korea has jumped from ranking 41st out of 42 countries in 1997 to 10th in 2010. South Korea is seeking foreign investments into its high growth economic sectors of renewable energy, service industry, research and development and logistics.
Other areas in which, Asia’s third biggest economy is attracting investments include chemical and electronic material industries.
Incentives to attract foreign investors in FEZs include: corporate tax, income tax break for a period of 5-7 years (100 per cent in the first 3-5 years and then 50 per cent in the next two years); acquisition and registration tax 100 per cent for the first 15 years; property tax 100 per cent for the first 10 years, 50 per cent for the next three years; rent/lease reduction is also providing depends on the investment amount.
Among exciting investment opportunities for the UAE investors include a new business district in the heart of Seoul is being developed by a group of 30 companies. Along with several other mega infrastructure projects including the development of six economic free zones and mixed use real estate projects.
Investment is also sought for Yongsan International Business District, a project to be completed in 2016, which will comprise 67 multi-storied buildings and big civic structures including a landmark, the tallest 100-floors. The $30 billion mega project’s gross floor area is as huge as 3.46 million square metres. The mega development will include office and retail spaces, luxury apartments, hotels, and cultural facilities. It will be the world’s brightest LED skyline, as all the buildings will be covered with LED, which will light-up in evenings.
Foreign direct investment in South Korea gained 4.6 per cent last year on largely increased investment from advanced countries. South Korea attracted $13.67 billion in FDI last year, compared with $13.07 billion in 2010, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
“Foreign investment in South Korea is beginning to grow and the amount reached more than $13 billion in 2011 for the second consecutive year since 2010, while the average amount since 2000 stayed below $12 billion,” it said in a latest report.
“This appears to reflect the growing confidence of the international community in the South Korean economy.”
Direct investment from advanced countries surged 33.6 per cent on-year to about $9.69 billion with FDI from EU nations jumping 57.4 per cent and the United States 20.2 per cent.
Investment from China increased 21.6 per cent to $1.94 billion over the cited period but investment from the Middle East plunged 46.2 per cent to $92 million as investor sentiment remains low amid continued political unrest in the region.
The FDI in South Korea’s service sector gained 15.4 per cent from a year earlier to $7.27 billion while foreign investment in the country’s manufacturing industry dropped 15.1 per cent to $5.65 billion.
The ministry said FDI in 2012 will likely remain at around $13 billion. The UAE-Korea economic partnership is strengthening every passing day, as the leadership of the both nations values fostering these relations. The warm relations have also resulted in the closer cooperation in developing economic projects for mutual benefits.
Abu Dhabi’s confidence in South Korea is also reflected from the award of the $20 billion project to build 1600 megawatt Nuclear Plants deal, which has deepened the relations since then. This is not it, in the last 18-months Korea’s engineering and construction companies have snatched $25 billion worth oil and gas development projects in Abu Dhabi.
Sky is the limit for Korea’s companies in the UAE.
haseeb@khaleejtimes.com
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2012年1月16日星期一
NORDIC INVESTMENT BANK: Henrik Normann appointed new President of NIB
The Board of Directors of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has appointed Henrik
Normann (Denmark) President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Mr Normann
will take up his appointment on 1 April 2012. He will succeed Mr Johnny Åkerholm
(Finland), who has been President and CEO of NIB since April 2005.
Mr Normann is currently working as a Managing Director of Danske Markets, the
investment banking arm of the Danske Bank Group. He has held various management
positions within the Danske Bank. He has been a member of the Executive
Committee since 2001.
“Mr Normann has extensive experience in the field of banking in Northern Europe.
With his knowledge and skills in the financial field, NIB will be well-equipped
to fulfil its mandate of supporting competitiveness and enhancing the
environment in the Baltic Sea region, ” says Mr Jesper Olesen, Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
The President is appointed by the Board of Directors for a term of five years at
a time.
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is the common international financial
institution of the eight Nordic and Baltic countries. NIB provides long-term
financing to the energy, environmental, transport, logistics and communications,
and innovation sectors for projects that strengthen competitiveness and enhance
the environment. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the
leading rating agencies Standard & Poor´s and Moody´s.
For further information, please contact
Jesper Olesen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, at +45 3392 4161, jol@evm.dk
Henrik Normann, NIB President & CEO as of 1 April 2012, at +45 40 54 77 00,
henrik.normann@danskebank.dk
Jukka Ahonen, Director, Head of Communications, at +358 10 618 0295,
jukka.ahonen@nib.int
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Normann (Denmark) President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Mr Normann
will take up his appointment on 1 April 2012. He will succeed Mr Johnny Åkerholm
(Finland), who has been President and CEO of NIB since April 2005.
Mr Normann is currently working as a Managing Director of Danske Markets, the
investment banking arm of the Danske Bank Group. He has held various management
positions within the Danske Bank. He has been a member of the Executive
Committee since 2001.
“Mr Normann has extensive experience in the field of banking in Northern Europe.
With his knowledge and skills in the financial field, NIB will be well-equipped
to fulfil its mandate of supporting competitiveness and enhancing the
environment in the Baltic Sea region, ” says Mr Jesper Olesen, Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
The President is appointed by the Board of Directors for a term of five years at
a time.
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is the common international financial
institution of the eight Nordic and Baltic countries. NIB provides long-term
financing to the energy, environmental, transport, logistics and communications,
and innovation sectors for projects that strengthen competitiveness and enhance
the environment. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the
leading rating agencies Standard & Poor´s and Moody´s.
For further information, please contact
Jesper Olesen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, at +45 3392 4161, jol@evm.dk
Henrik Normann, NIB President & CEO as of 1 April 2012, at +45 40 54 77 00,
henrik.normann@danskebank.dk
Jukka Ahonen, Director, Head of Communications, at +358 10 618 0295,
jukka.ahonen@nib.int
This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of
Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that:
(i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and
other applicable laws; and
(ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and
originality of the information contained therein.
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