rkcloselywitheachother.AlthoughmanycountrieswererepresentedattheBrettonWoodsConference,theUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdomwerethemostinattendanceanddominatedthenegotiations.ListeningActivities21234ListeningActivities2CThePresidentoftheBankistheoftheentireWorldBankGroup.Thepresident,currentlyJimYongKim,isresponsibleforchairingthemeetingsoftheBoardsofDirectorsandforoveralloftheBank.Traditionally,thePresidentoftheBankhasalwaysbeenaU.S.citizennominatedbytheUnitedStates,theshareholderinthebank(aryFundhavingalwaysbeenaEuropean).ThenomineeissubjecttoconfirmationbytheBoardofExecutiveDirectors,toserveforafive-year,renewableterm.WhilemostWorldBankpresidentshavehadbankingexperience,somehavenot.e,toresolvepointsofdifference,togainadvantageforanindividualorcollective,poseadialogueofabusinessnegotiation.