The World Trade Organization’s first female and first African director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala began work on Monday, March 1.
She was confirmed for the job on February 15.
“It feels great. I am coming into one of the most important institutions in the world and we have a lot of work to do. I feel ready to go,” Okonjo-Iweala told a reporter on arrival at the WTO’s lakeside Geneva headquarters.
