Ousmane Diagana is the regional vice president for western and central Africa, at the World Bank. Diagana is recognized as an organizational leader, personal mentor, and a professional role model. Diagana has been the vice president of the World Bank Group human resources, vice president for ethics and business conduct, and chief ethics officer of the World Bank Group. Previously, he was World Bank country director for Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, and Togo, based in Abidjan.