James D. Wolfensohn is chairman and CEO at Wolfensohn Fund Management and former president of the World Bank. He made sustainable poverty reduction the World Bank Group’s overarching mission during his presidency, which ran from June 1, 1995 to May 31, 2005. Further, during Wolfensohn’s tenure, the Bank became the largest external financier of primary education, basic health, HIV/AIDS programs, the environment and biodiversity. Before joining the World Bank, he was president and CEO of James D. Wolfensohn Inc, an investment firm that advised major international and U.S. corporations. Wolfensohn served as executive partner of Salomon Brothers in New York and head of its investment-banking department, executive deputy chairman and managing director of Schroeder’s Ltd in London, president of J. Henry Schroeder’s Banking Corporation in New York, and managing director, Darling & Co of Australia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree and an LLB from the University of Sydney and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.