Dr Danielle Roosa

About Danielle

Dr. Danielle Malek Roosa is currently Chief Counsel for Africa at the World Bank and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA (Hons), LLB, PhD) and Harvard University (L.L.M). Prior to joining the World Bank, Danielle worked at the National Native Title Tribunal, as one of four national delegates responsible for making administrative decisions on native title applications country-wide. Danielle began her career at the World Bank as an advisory lawyer for the environmentally and socially sustainable development and international law advisory practice group. She worked on the Banks lending operations for 12 years across four regions and currently advises the President of the World Bank, and its Boards of Governors and Executive Directors, on legal institutional and governance matters. Danielle has served with the Australian Army Reserves and has been President of the Australians in Washington Association (AWA). In the U.S, she has worked pro-bono as a court appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children. She is married with five young children, including two sets of twins and lives in Nairobi.