1. ROB FLOYD
4337 Clagett Road - University Park, MD 20782
Phone: 202.641.0336 - Email: zeneft@gmail.com
International Development Leader – Strategy – Implementation – Management – Operations
High performing international development senior manager with broad experience in directing
programs, people and budgets in competitive environments. Extensiveunderstanding of international
development challenges across sectors and regions. Skilled strategistwho transforms ideas into effective
results; proven decision maker and consensus builder. Strong interpersonal skills with effective
partnership and fundraising experience. Innovative problem solver and recognized top ranked manager.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Operations & Strategy Director, Office of the Chief Financial Officer. World Bank. 2016 to present.
Oversaw establishment of new World Bank Group CFO office, including staffing, strategy, and
coordination among internal and external stakeholders, particularly operational units. Coordinate among
Finance Vice Presidencies on World Bank Group efforts at innovative finance, financial sustainability, risk
management and financial reporting. Contribute to new operational finance approaches for pandemics,
refugees, and fragile and conflict affected states. Support major financial mobilization efforts, and scaling up
infrastructure financing, particularly guarantees. Direct support for enhancing effectiveness of the Global
Infrastructure Facility (GIF), Financing for Development (FFD) agenda, and the external Advisory Finance
Group.
Operations & Strategy Director for Leadership, Learning and Innovation. World Bank. 2014-2016
Provided leadership for strategy development, business model re-design and led daily operations of Vice
Presidency with $50 million annual budget, programs in more than 40 developing countries and 200+ staff.
Contributed to design and implementation of World Bank programs on good governance, social
accountability, knowledge management, innovation and social enterprise development. Oversaw
partnerships and fund-raising, including establishment and replenishment of multi-donor and bilateral trust
funds. Directly led the Vice-presidency through significant changes processes, including evolution to new
mandates for staff and client leadership development, learning and culture change, while directly managed
major staff realignments and budget reorientation. Oversaw management of units for Operations; Learning
and Leadership; Communications; and Culture Change; and the World Bank Innovation Labs while also
serving as the key focal point for external partners, World Bank senior management, and the World Bank
Board of Executive Directors.
Operations Manager, World Bank Institute. World Bank. 2010-2014
Managed the Institute’s regional coordination efforts, partnerships, and World Bank scholarships programs
($20 million annually) with staff in Beijing, New Delhi, Marseille, Pretoria and Washington. Contributed to
major overhaul of World Bank programs on health, urban development, climate change, public private
partnerships, and good governance. Significantly increased programmatic donor funding while establishing
strategic partnerships with Korea, Finland, and the European Commission. Led successful integration of the
Institute’s knowledge programs with World Bank operations and enhanced results impact and monitoring.
Country Program Coordinator, Bangladesh & Pakistan. World Bank. 2005-2010
Coordinated two of the largest World Bank programs, with combined lending exceeding $2 billion per year.
Led innovations in operations including additional financing, emergency lending, and disaster response.

2. Contributed to strategy and design for lending and technical assistance programs in energy, social
protection, local government strengthening, regional coordination and economic transformation. Simplified
annual $25 million budget process and enhanced focus on results reporting, good governance and social
accountability in lending programs. Interim Country Director for Bangladesh based in Dhaka 2009 to 2010.
Portfolio Assistant to the President. World Bank. 2003-2005
Advised World Bank President with responsibility for multiple regions, sectors and stakeholders. Served as
Acting Director and Chief of Staff to the President for the last six months of President Jim Wolfensohn’s
term and the first weeks of President Paul Wolfowitz’s term. Coordinated all aspects of the President’s
agenda, including strategic engagement, communications, and interaction with shareholders, clients, the
Board of Executive Directors and Senior Management.
Public Sector Specialist, Africa Region. World Bank. 2000-2003
Task leader for lending and knowledge products in Southern and Eastern Africa, including public sector
projects in Kenya, Zambia and Lesotho and knowledge services in South Africa and Namibia. Piloted
innovative projects for parliaments, auditors general and anti-corruption authorities. Oversaw large trust
funded programs and served as the Africa Region focal point for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC) Assessments and Action Plans in 28 countries.
Operations Officer/Economist, Africa Region Vice President’s Office. World Bank. 1997-2000
Speech writing, client interface, program coordination with multilateral institutions, World Bank-IMF
Annual Meetings, partnerships, and corporate priorities. (Also, consultant for World Bank Africa Region,
June 1995– January 1996)
Director of Research. GIC Group, Alexandria, VA. 1996-1997
Directed market intelligence and trade analysis for multilateral and private sector clients. Delivered nine
trade delegations/trade promotion activities; more than 30 consultancy reports to private sector clients; and
supported the CEO in strategy design and business development.
Assistant Editor, TRADEFAX. Sandler, Travis and Rosenberg, LLP, Washington, DC. 1994-1995
Contributed to 260 daily editions of TRADEFAX, an international trade and policy publication for
international law firms with a focus on tariff policy. Conducted research on trade policy and WTO cases.
Researcher, USAID Collaborative Science Research Project, Columbia, MO. 1993-1994
Provided research inputs for collaborative science research projects in Kenya, Indonesia and Bolivia. Helped
manage consultancy contracts, case studies and contributed to five working papers.
Researcher, Rural Sociology Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. 1990-1993
Field research and academic writing on the economic effects of market concentration in agriculture.
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Army - Missouri National Guard; DC National Guard. 1987-1994
EDUCATION
University of Missouri. 1988-1994. Bachelor of Science (Honors), Agricultural Journalism
American University. 1994-1996. Master of Arts, International Political Economy (transfer to PhD)
George Mason/Fairfax University. 1996-2002. Doctoral studies. Economics