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For Release SUBJECT: Sir Leslie Melville joins Wednesday, November 7, 1962 Development Advisory Service

Sir Leslie Melville, the distinguished Australian economist, will join

the Development Advisory Service of the early :in 1963. The Service

is a corps of experts available to serve as economic and financial advisers to

the governments of the less developed member countries of the Bank, particu"

Public Disclosure Authorized larly in the preparation and execution of economic development programs. The

Service was established in 1961 as part of the Bank 1 s policy of enlarging its

activities in technical assistance and development training • Sir Leslie Melville was born in Marsfield, , in 1902, and • has long been one of 's leading economic and financial experts. His most recent post was Chairman of the Australian Tariff Board. From 1953-61

he was Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University. His connection Public Disclosure Authorized with the World Bank began at the Brett.on Woods Conference in 1944, when the Bank's .Articles of Agreement were drawn up. He acted as Vice President of the

Conference and was also Chairman of the Australian Delegation. Subsequently he served from 1950-53 as E!x:ecutive Director representing Australia and South Africa on the Boards of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Sir Leslie's experience as a financial adviser began in the early '30s

at the Imperial and World Economic Conferences, which he attended as Financial Public Disclosure Authorized Adviser to the Australian Delegations. Thereafter he was adviser to the Australian Treasury and to the . From 1947 to 1950 he saw

service in the UN as Chairman of the Subcommission on Employment and Economic • Stability.