By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp
Published: 23:04 GMT, 11 January 2019 | Updated: 18:31 GMT, 12 January 2019
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Ivanka Trump could be the next head of the World Bank along with other nominees including Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Ivanka is thought to be a possibility after she was the driving force behind a $1 billion, Saudi-supported World Bank fund to promote entrepreneurship by women.
The outgoing President Jim Yong Kim abruptly announced Monday he was cutting short his tenure as the bank's president more than three years before his second term was due to end.
This has opened the field to Ivanka, as well as Haley who stepped down as Ambassador last month, the Financial Times reported Friday.
Ivanka Trump (pictured at the White House's Thanksgiving festivities in the Rose Garden) was the driving force behind a recent Saudi-backed $1bn deal made by the World Bank to support women entrepreneurs
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley listens to a speaker during a U.N.