President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, will help select a candidate to run the World Bank, a White House official has confirmed.
In a statement, the White House said Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney "have asked Ivanka Trump to help manage the US nomination process as she's worked closely with the World Bank's leadership for the past two years".
The statement denied the president's daughter was under consideration for the role after the Financial Times said Ms Trump's name had been floated as a possible candidate.
Ms Trump has worked with the World Bank and the outgoing president, Jim Yong Kim, over the past two years, jointly launching a $1.6bn ($1.25bn) women's entrepreneurship fund.
She's very powerful these days. children of world leaders are picking prominent roles in government these days. Eduardo Bolsonaro hailed my tweet yesterday after I congratulated Brazil of the arrest of Cesare Battisti in Bolivia.
With files from Sky News
