Sven Sandström, a Swedish national, is the Director, Secretariat of the International Task Force on Global Public Goods, which has been established by France and Sweden with the aim to find better ways to address global issues. Mr Sandström also serves as the Coordinator and Chairman for the Tenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund of the African Development Bank. For close to thirty years, Mr Sandstrom was with the World Bank -- from 1991-2001 as Managing Director. At the World Bank, his responsibilities included chairing the IDA replenishments for about 14 years.