Nemat Shafik is about to take the place of Columbia University’s president as the distinguished establishment’s search course of for the function got here to an finish, it introduced. Nemat Shafik will take the place after Lee C. Bollinger declared he would depart the place on the finish of the 2022-2023 tutorial 12 months.

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Here’s every thing it’s essential learn about Nemat Shafik:

1. Nemat Shafik who is about to grow to be Columbia University’s twentieth president is an economist. Her profession has centered on public coverage and academia.

2. She will tackle the function on July 1, turning into the primary lady to carry the place within the college’s 268-year historical past.

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3. Nemat Shafik accomplished her Bachelors’ on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She then completed her MSc on the London School of Economics and Political Science. She additionally has carried out DPhil on the University of Oxford.

4. At 36, Nemat Shafik was the youngest-ever vice chairman on the World Bank.

5. She has additionally labored at International Monetary Fund (IMF) because the deputy managing director.

6. Nemat Shafik served on and chaired quite a few boards at London School of Economics.

7. She presently serves as a Trustee of the British Museum, the Supervisory Board of Siemens, the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and the Economy Honours Committee.

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8. This comes after Harvard University final month named Claudine Gay as its new president. Claudine Gay is the primary black lady to carry the place at Harvard.