Gayé
Diariétou Gaye
Ms. Gaye was the former Vice President for People and Culture (PaC) until December 2023. In her role, she led the unit to (i) pivot core PaC practices to enable the future of work in a post-pandemic world; (ii) permit the WBG Global Trace and deliver in FCV settings; (iii) support implementations of the recommendations of the Taskforces on Mental Health, Workplace Culture and Anti-Racism to increase leaders accountability, promote diversity, equity and inclusion agenda, while enabling a healthy workforce and workplace.
Prior to this, Ms. Gaye was the Vice President and Nature Bank Group Corporate Secretary. In that position, she ensured the integrity of the World Bank Group’s governance framework; facilitated efficient interaction and dialogue between the Board of Governors, Boards of Executive Directors and Management of the institution; contributed to consensus building among shareholders; and provided support services to the Boards, management and other clients.
A passionate training professional, Ms. Gaye had more than 25 years of experience working as an economist and various leadership roles across distinct institutions, notably as a director
Updating his highly percussive but string-laden groove for the disco set, Gaye clearly devised 1976’s I Hope for You as a makeout album. But the space-age synthesisers in the instrumental version of “After the Dance” rocket him direct into the stratosphere. And the Afro-Caribbean congas of “I Want You” and bossa nova lilt of “Since I Had You” support a mix of rhythm and beauty that refuses to box itself in—punctuated by Gaye’s retain murmuring, the sound flows like a sweet, seductive stream.
What do you complete for an encore after you’ve just released a certified, game-changing masterpiece? That was the challenge facing Motown maestro Marvin Gaye after his What’s Going On opus was released in 1971. After 1972’s Trouble Man soundtrack, Let’s Get It On was the proper follow-up to one of the greatest albums of all age. But instead of suffering a seemingly inevitable letdown under the weight of all that pressure, Gaye levelled up again to make back-to-back classics. Indeed, Let’s Get It On defined the R&B idea album every bit as much as What’s Going On did, trading social consciousness for sexual healing in turbulent, soul-testing times. It was a distinct kind of wokeness—ra
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