WORLD BANK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Investigations Officer
Birgit Kuba joined the Inspection Panel Secretariat in January 2014. She completed her first law degree and a Master's in International Development at the University of Vienna, Austria, and holds an LL.M. from Columbia University in New York, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Birgit specialized in indigenous legal studies, law and development and human rights law. She is a New York-licensed lawyer. Prior to joining the Inspection Panel, Birgit gained experience at Human Rights Watch, the Citizens' Service of the Austrian Constitutional Court, Dorda Brugger Jordis Attorneys and IFC.
Ibrahim Pam is an accomplished international lawyer, analyst and investigator, with strong leadership experience and specialization in investigation of mass crimes, human rights abuses, as well as fraud and financial crimes, and with expertise in internal oversight and accountability of international institutions. His most recent position is as Head ad interim of the Independent Redress Mechanism at the Green Climate Fund, and immediately prior as pioneer Head of the Independent Integrity Unit at the Green Climate Fund since 2016.
He previously worked as an Analyst and Investigator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), 2005-2012, and then as Chief Investigator in the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), 2012-2015. He was Team Leader and Resident Investigator at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), with concurrent responsibility for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), and additional assignments to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), 2015-2016.
In 2000/2001, Ibrahim worked as Special Legal Assistant to the Nigerian Truth Commission, which amongst other things dealt with environmental and human rights issues in the Niger Delta. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Chief Legal Officer in the Nigerian Anti-Corruption Commission, in which role as Lead Expert delegate for Nigeria, Ibrahim participated in the drafting of the African Union Convention on Combating and Preventing Corruption, as well as of the UN Convention Against Corruption. He also assisted in developing the General Principles for Review of Investigative Offices of the Conference of International Investigators (CII). In 2018, on behalf of the host organization (the Green Climate Fund) he chaired the Conference of International Investigators, a forum for investigators of international organizations.
He is also concurrently a Member of the Independent External Oversight Advisory Committee of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Chair of the Ad Hoc External Panel on Workplace Culture for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In addition, he serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of the African Association of International Law (AAIL).
Ibrahim holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB. Hons) degree from the University of Jos, and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is called to the Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. His appointment with the Inspection Panel is for a term of five years effective January 1, 2023.
Mr. Goldsmith, a United Kingdom citizen, was appointed to the Inspection Panel on November 17, 2019. He brings to the Panel more than 25 years of experience managing complex projects and teams across the financial services, development, strategy consulting and energy sectors. His leadership extends to both the public and private sectors where he has demonstrated the ability to manage multi-stakeholders, understand complex issues and lead the implementation of industry-wide and sector-leading solutions.
Through his work in both emerging and developed economies, Mr. Goldsmith has dealt with a wide portfolio of complex and sensitive matters, including environmental, social, sustainability, safety, risk management and governance issues - experience that provides great value to the Panel.
Before creating his own sustainability consultancy "FiveOak" in 2015, Mr. Goldsmith was Director, Responsible Investment for Actis for more than 10 years. During that time, he was a leader in environmental and social governance (ESG) thinking in the emerging markets. In this capacity he developed and promoted world class standards in business integrity, health and safety, social, environmental and climate change areas across all investment areas and companies and implemented robust corporate governance standards and transparent practices. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Goldsmith was a non-executive director of ENEO, the power company of Cameroon, and chaired the board subcommittee on ESG for four of those years.
Mr. Goldsmith has led several assignments, including developing environmental and social training for CDC Group (the UK's developmental finance institute) on the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standards and providing ESG expert advice to an East Africa private equity fund and its portfolio companies.
He has a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from the University of Nottingham and a master's degree in environmental pollution control, with distinction, from the University of Leeds. His appointment on the Panel runs through November 16, 2024.