Juan Jose Daboub, Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Global Adaptation Institute and former Managing Director of the World Bank (2006–2010).

Juan Jose Daboub has taught at Princeton University and is a member of several Boards of Directors. As Managing Director of the World Bank, Daboub oversaw operations in 110 countries in Africa, the Middle East, East Asia and Latin America. He was also responsible for the oversight of the Human Development and Sustainable Development Networks, the Information Systems Group, the World Bank Institute, the Department of Institutional Integrity and the Arab World Initiative. Prior to joining the Bank Group, he served concurrently as El Salvador’s Minister of Finance and Chief of Staff to the President. After leaving the Bank, he launched the Global Adaptation Institute, a non-profit dedicated to building resilience against climate change and other global forces.