Treasurer & CIO Afsaneh Beschloss to leave World Bank Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer to join The Carlyle Group.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 April 2001-WORLD BANK: Treasurer & CIO Afsaneh Beschloss to leave World Bank Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer to join The Carlyle Group (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06042001 WASHINGTON -- Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, the World Bank's Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, has decided to leave the World Bank effective May 1, 2001, to assume the position of Managing Director and Partner at The Carlyle Group.

Beschloss will establish and manage a new entity, Carlyle Asset Management. "Afsaneh's wise judgment, intelligence and energy have made her a world-class leader in finance," said World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn. "She has succeeded in putting the World Bank's Treasury on the cutting edge and has had an...