Pierre-Olivier is the Economic Counsellor and the Director of Research of the IMF. He is on leave from the University of California at Berkeley. He was the editor-in-chief of the IMF Economic Review, the managing editor of the Journal of International Economics, and a co-editor of the American Economic Review. He was director of the NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics program, a Research Fellow with the Center for Economic Policy Research CEPR and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He received his PhD in Economics from MIT. His main research interests are in international macroeconomics and finance.

Pierre is the MUTB Professor of International Business, Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Vice Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School. He is a research associate of the NBER, an associate editor of the American Economic Review. He is also member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York. Mr. Yared holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. His academic interests focus on macroeconomic policy and political economy.

Silvana is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow of the British Academy and the Econometric Society and Honorary Foreign Member of the American Economic Association. She served as External Member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee and before that, she had served as External Member of the monetary policy committee of the Bank of Mauritius. She is a former President of the European Economic Association. Currently she is the Director of the CEPR International Macroeconomics and Finance Programme, and executive board member of the International Economic Association. She obtained her MA and PhD (Economics) from Harvard University.

Damiano is Principal Economist in the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS. He is a Research Fellow in the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Previously, he was a Deputy Division Chief in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund and served as Associate Editor of the IMF Economic Review. Damiano holds a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University. Damiano’s research focuses on macro-financial linkages, monetary policy and international finance and has been published in leading academic journals and policy outlets.

Christian is Assistant Professor in the MIT Department of Economics and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research – NBER. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Harvard University Department of Economics. Mr. Wolf received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University. His research interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, and time series econometrics.

Esther L. George was president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2011-2023). In 2009, she served as the Federal Reserve’s acting director of Banking Supervision and Regulation in Washington D.C. George was actively involved in the Federal Reserve’s work to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the nation’s payment system. She hosted the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole international Economic Policy Symposium. George currently serves on the boards of the Hallmark Corporation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and the Kansas City 2026 World Cup.  

Hernando Vargas is the Deputy Technical Governor of Central Bank of Colombia. Previously, he was the Director of Economic Studies, Director of the Macroeconomic Programming Unit and researcher of Central Bank of Colombia. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Illinois in 1994 and his Master of Science from the same university in 1992.

Alfonso Cebreros is Manager of Real Sector Research at the General Directorate of Economic Research of Banco de Mexico, where he is responsible for coordinating research activities and junctural analysis related to labor markets, international trade, growth, and productivity. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s in economic theory from ITAM. He later earned a master’s in management and regulation of risk from The London School of Economics & Political Science. His PhD is from Princeton University, where he specialized in international trade and macroeconomics.

Vladimir is the Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Argentina. He is a member of the Committee of Sovereign Risk Management of the Institute of International Finance. He was Undersecretary of Economic Analysis and Coordination reporting to the Office of the Chief of the Ministerial Cabinet of the Argentine Presidency. He was also the Head of the Advisors Unit of the Economic Policy Secretariat at the Ministry of the Treasury and Finance, and Executive Director and Chief Economist for Latin América at JPMorgan Securities. He has also been Advisor to the Executive Board of the IMF, the U.S. Treasury Department, the New York Federal Reserve, and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Reinier Schliesser is the Principal Economist in the Macroeconomic Studies Unit of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, he worked as an Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and as Economic and Financial Advisor for the European Union for Venezuela and the Caribbean. He has developed economic consulting projects for multilateral and private consultancies in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Mr. Reinier received his Master’s in International Development from Harvard University. His academic interests include economic development, macroeconomics, and international finance.