Jim Yong Kim
Canuto returned to The World Bank in 2009 as Vice-President. As head of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), he was responsible for a division of more than 700 economists and public sector specialists working on economic policy advice, technical assistance, and financial operations with The World Bank's client countries. In 2013, he transitioned to Senior Adviser on BRICS Economies, a new position established by President Jim Yong Kim to bring a fresh research focus to emerging markets and, in particular, economies of BRICS countries.