Ms. Orsalia Kalantzopoulos
Country Director and Regional Coordinator for South East Europe Country Unit
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 24033

Orsalia Kalantzopoulos, a Greek national, joined the World Bank in 1984 as an Economist in the Development Research Department. From 1986 through 1993, she held development research assignments and operational assignments in the East Asia, Africa and South Asia. In May 1993, Ms. Kalantzopoulos was selected as the Assistant to the Managing Directors and the President, and in January 1996 she was promoted to Adviser to the Managing Directors. In July 1997, she was appointed Director, Caribbean Country Management Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region. On April 1, 2003, she was appointed Country Director and Regional Coordinator for Southeast Europe, the position she currently holds. In this position she leads the development and implementation of the World Bank's country and regional assistance strategies for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo.