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Bernard Salomé is a Swiss economist. An economist by training, Dr. Salomé received his doctorate in Economic Development from Université Paris Sorbonne in 1984. Early in his career, Dr. Salomé worked on education and human resources projects for the Africa and Asia divisions of the World Bank, as well as the Deputy Director of the G7 Support Implementation Group in Moscow, where he designed a complete information system used by all embassies and donor agencies for external aid to Russia (technical assistance, humanitarian aid, export credit, and budget support). From 2009 to 2010, Dr. Bernard Salomé was the Managing Director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health, thanks to his experience in international development, economics and policy. Prior to his work with the Millennium Foundation, he was the Director of the Voluntary Solidarity Contribution project within the Cabinet of the Political Advisor of the President of France. He also previously served as the Head of Secretariat, Extractive Industries Review (EIR) – World Bank, from 2001–2003, and in the late nineties, was assigned by the European Commission to the UNMIK in Kosovo, as the Head of the Economic Policy Office of UNMIK, and he was the main strategic Advisor on economic and social issues to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Bernard Kouchner. He is the author of eight books on development issues and seven World Bank reports. November 2008 – December 2010, Geneva Switzerland, Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health, Managing Director November 2007 - November 2008, Paris France, Cabinet of the Political Advisor of the President of France and of the President of the Executive Board of Unitaid, Director, Voluntary Solidarity Contribution Project October 2003 - December 2008, Alexandria Egypt, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Special Advisor to the Director, August 2001 - June 2003, Washington DC USA and Jakarta Indonesia, World Bank – Secretariat of the Review of Extractive Industries, Head of Secretariat.