BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. The European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Nodira
Mansurova as the new Regional Head for the Kyrgyz Republic,
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, effective September 1, 2026, Trend reports via EBRD.
Based in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, Mansurova will succeed
Ayten Rustamova, who has held the regional leadership position
since 2021.
Mansurova, a British national born in Uzbekistan, brings over
two decades of development banking experience to the role, having
previously served within the region as the EBRD’s Regional Head of
SME Finance and Development for Central Asia out of Almaty. Her
operational background includes steering large-scale municipal,
environmental, and infrastructure projects across the EBRD
headquarters in London, as well as field offices in Uzbekistan,
Egypt, and Jordan.
Since 2021, Mansurova served as the EBRD Head of Tunisia, where
her mandate focused on technical energy transition frameworks,
accelerating private-sector renewable energy capacity, leading
state-owned enterprise restructuring, and advancing small and
medium-sized enterprise (SME) digitalization metrics. Her upcoming
regional administration will focus on deploying the EBRD's
financial operations and sustainable infrastructure investments
across the three Central Asian states.
