The IMF's Bulgaria Team
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Juan José Fernández-Ansola IMF Senior Resident Representative in Bulgaria |
| Biographical Information | |
| Professional Experience: | |
| 1991 to present: |
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC, USA 2000 to present: European Department, Division Chief (Central European Division) and Mission Chief for Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia 1999-2000: European Department, Deputy Division Chief (Southeastern Division II) and Mission Chief for Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998-1999: European Department, Assistant to the Director, Immediate Office 1997: Policy Development and Review Department, Assistant to the Director 1994-1997: Policy Development and Review Department, Senior Economist 1993: Western Hemisphere Department, Senior Economist 1991-1993: Western Hemisphere Department, Economist |
| 1988-1991: | Data Resources/Mc Graw Hill, Lexington, MA, USA Senior International Economist, International Group |
| 1984-1987: | World Resources Institute, USAID & UNDP, Boston, MA, USA Consultant |
| 1977-1980: | Federal Investment Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina Economist |
| Other Professional Experience: | |
| Summer 1987: | International Law Institute, Washington, DC, USA Visiting Faculty Member |
| Spring and fall 1983: | Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Teaching Fellow in Macroeconomics |
| Sunner 1983: | Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC, USA Summer Intern |
| 1977-79: | Faculty of Social Sciences, University del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina Teaching Fellow in Introductory Economics |
| 1978: | "Temas de Ciencias Sociales", Buenos Aires, Argentina Editor |
| Academic Background | |
| 1987: |
Ph.D. in Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Dissertation topic: Modeling real and financial interactions during a liberalization experience: The Case of Argentina 1978-80. |
| 1984: |
M. Phil. in Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |
| 1981: |
Master of Arts in International and Development Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1977: | Licenciado en Economia, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Ana Mihaylova Economist |
| Biographical Information | |
| Ana Mihaylova is the local economist at the IMF office in Bulgaria, which she joined in 2007. She has degrees in economics, including a Magister in Public Finance, from the University for National and World Economy in Sofia. She came to the IMF office with an extensive experience at Bulgaria’s Ministry of Finance—including as head of the Budget Policy Division—and more recently as Commercial Officer at the Netherlands Embassy in Bulgaria. |
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Albert Jaeger Division Chief, Southeastern III Division, European Department |
| Mr. Albert Jaeger, an Austrian citizen, is the mission chief for Bulgaria and Romania since August 2007. Since 1992 he has been at the IMF, where he has had a wide range of assignments. He started as an economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department, and then, in 1999, moved to the European Department, where he first worked at the German desk, and then joined the EU Policies Division. He became the head of that division in 2003. His most recent assignment—from 2004 to 2007—was as mission chief for Ukraine. Prior to joining the Fund, he was an academic at Vienna University and at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) in Vienna. Mr. Jaeger studied economics at the University of Innsbruck—where he obtained his Doctorate in 1986—and at the IAS. He was a visiting Fellow at Princeton University in 1988-89. His published work has focused on asset price cycles and fiscal policy, monetary policy in the euro-zone, aging and public pensions, private savings behavior, and forecasting private consumption. |
Bulgarian Team at IMF Headquarters
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Ms. Jianping Zhou, Fiscal Sector Mr. Johannes Herderschee, Monetary and Financial Sector/Structural Issues Ms. Manuela Goretti, Real Sector Ms. Jesmin Rahman, External Sector |