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  OFFICE MEMORANDUM
     DATE:   April 23, 2018

       TO:   Executive Directors and Alternates               '~

    FROM:    Dilek Barlas, Executive Secretary, IPN (         c!;/
EXTENSION:   88120

  SUBJECT:   The Inspection Panel
             Election of Chairperson



                      I am pleased to inform you that pursuant to paragraph 7 of Resolution IBRD 93-10
             and IDA 93-6, the members of the Inspection Panel unanimously elected Ms. Patricia Imrana
             J alal to serve as the next Chairperson of the Inspection Panel for a year beginning on
             December 16, 2018. At the request of the Panel Members, the current Chairman, Mr. Gonzalo
             Castro de la Mata, whose current term as Chairperson expires on October 31, 2018, has agreed
             to remain as Chairperson until the end ofhis appointment, December 15, 2018.

                   In addition, and before Ms. Jalal becomes the new Chairperson on December 16, 2018,
             she will work on a full-time basis as a non-Chair Panel member beginning
             October 1, 2018.

                     A short resume of Ms. J alal is attached.



             Enclosure

             cc.: The President
                  Managing Directors
                  Vice President and Corporate Secretary
                  Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                             Short Resume of Ms. Patricia lmrana Jalal



Ms. P. Imrana J alal was appointed to the Inspection Panel on January 1, 2018. A Fiji national, Ms.
Jalal brings to the Panel more than 30 years of experience across diverse geopolitical and
multicultural environments in the private and public sectors. As a Principal Social Development
Specialist (Gender and Development) for the Asian Development Bank from 2010-2017, Ms. Jalal
gained intimate knowledge of multilateral development bank operations in various sectors and
demonstrated her ability to engage and build rapport and trust with stakeholders around various
and complex issues. She was Chief Technical Adviser at the Pacific Regional Rights Resource
Team Office from 1995-2010.

A lawyer by profession, Ms. J alal was a Commissioner from 1999-2001 on the initial Fiji Human
Rights Commission, the first of its kind in the Pacific Island countries. She is the author of the
"Law for Pacific Women: A Legal Rights Handbook," architect of the Fiji Family Law Act 2003,
and was a founding member of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement. She was elected a
Commissioner on the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in 2006 and served
on the Commission's Executive Board from 2011-2017. The ICJ was established to protect the
independence of judges and lawyers.

Ms. Jalal earned a Masters of Arts with a focus on Gender and Development from the University
of Sydney, and an LLB and LLM (Hons.) in International Law from the University of Auckland.

Her term runs through December 31, 2022.