The White House plans to appoint Indra Nooyi to head the World Bank

WASHINGTON – The White House plans to hold the position of World Bank President Indra K. Nooyi, former executive director of PepsiCo, according to several people familiar with the process. Nooyi, who resigned from her position at PepsiCo last August after leading the company for 12 years, was asked as an ally of the administration by Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of the president who plays a role in the selection of A candidate.

The decision-making process for the highest position at the World Bank is fluid and in its infancy. The first candidates and candidates often turn away from the radar or withdraw before the president makes his choice. Mr. Trump often makes his own decisions regarding the choice of his choice.

It is unclear whether Ms. Nooyi would accept the candidacy if she were chosen by the administration, but Ms. Trump, who tweeted tells Ms. Nooyi as a "mentor + inspiration" announced his name as a potential successor. Ms. Nooyi had dinner with the president and other business leaders at her golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. She cited criticism for taking on an advisory role on her corporate board, which was dissolved after many leaders withdrew from Trump's comments, accusing "many people" to be responsible for supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.

Negative comments Ms. Nooyi made after the 2016 elections, during which she supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, is considered a potential obstacle to his candidacy. Trump's victory, she said, has sparked many questions among her daughters and employees.

"They were all in mourning," Ms. Nooyi said during an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times DealBook conference in New York. 2016.

"Our employees are all crying. And the question they ask, especially those who are not white: "Are we safe?" Women ask, "Are we safe?" LGBT people ask, "Are we safe?" I would never have thought that I would have had to answer those questions, "

To recall that these comments could be detrimental to his luck, let us remember that Mr. Trump did not say anything about it. Not a large circle of Loyalists to choose from.

Other candidates are also on the table, including David Malpass, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, whose loyalty to the president is deeply rooted: he was economic adviser to the campaign 2016 of Mr. Trump. Ray Washburne, president of Overseas Private Investment Corporation, is also part of the composition. Mr. Washburne was also part of Trump's finance team in 2016 and was seen as one of the first candidates for a cabinet position.

The current President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, announced earlier this month that he would be stepping down from his position in February in a privately held company. investment in infrastructure, an unexpected departure that comes almost three years before the end of his mandate. Mr. Kim was first appointed by the Obama administration in 2012, on the recommendation of Mrs. Clinton when she was Secretary of State, and was reappointed by President Barack Obama in 2016 for a second five-year term.