## SPEAKERS' PROFILES ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [SPEAKERS' PROFILES](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/news/seminars/speaker-panelist-profiles.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/news/seminars/speaker-panelist-profiles.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/news/seminars/speaker-panelist-profiles.pdf.json) --- ### Senior bank governors, central bankers, and CEOs - Mr. Ade Ayeyemi — Group CEO, Ecobank Transnational Inc. - Prior roles: CEO of Sub-Saharan Africa Division at Citigroup Inc; Director of Citibank Nigeria Limited. - Qualifications: Chartered Accountant; trained UNIX Administrator and Network Operating Systems Manager. - Education: Alumnus of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program; Bachelor of Science degree with honors, Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria); also studied at the University of London. - Mr. Rameswurlall Basant Roi G.C.S.K. — Governor, Bank of Mauritius. - Roles: Chairman of the Board of Directors and Monetary Policy Committee; Council Member of the Islamic Financial Services Board; Governing Board Member of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation; non-Financial Stability Board member co-chair of the Regional Consultative Group for Sub-Saharan Africa. - Publications: Co-authored "Monetary Policy Making in Mauritius" (1994) with Professor Maxwell Fry. - Mr. Othman Benjelloun — President and CEO, BMCE Bank (Moroccan Bank for Foreign Trade) since privatization in 1995. - Roles: President of FINANCE.COM Holding overseeing banking, insurance (RMA, Al Wataniya), industrial, and telecommunications/media/IT divisions; heads the Professional Association of Moroccan Banks; member of the International Councilors at the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS). - Mr. Benjelloun-Touimi — CEO, Banque Marocaine de Commerce Extérieur Group. - Career: Joined BMCE Bank in 1990; held positions including General Manager and General Secretary; began career in 1985 on French financial markets; responsible for research in the dealing room of a large French investment bank. - Board roles: Director of PROPARCO SA; President of Advisory Board at Salafin S.A.; Board Member of BMCE Bank Foundation for Education and Environment; President of Planet Finance Maroc. - Education: PhD in Money, Finance and Banking, Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne University (1985). - Mr. Abderrahim Bouazza — Director General, Central Bank (appointed July 2015). - Career: Joined Bank Al-Maghrib in 1980; Head of Banking Supervision Department (2002); Special Advisor to the Governor (2014); Director General of “Moroccan Firm for Managing the Banking Deposits Guarantees Fund” (2015). - Represented the Central Bank in many national and international institutions. - Mr. Godwin Emefiele — Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria. - Prior career: Over 26 years in commercial banking, including CEO of Zenith Bank PLC (one of Nigeria’s largest banks with over 7,000 staff, about US$3.2 billion in shareholders’ funds, and subsidiaries in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, South Africa, China, and the United Kingdom). - Earlier: Lecturer in Finance and Insurance in two Nigerian Universities. - As Governor: Pursued an active role for the central bank in financial system stability and development financing. - Mr. Denny Kalyalya — Governor, Bank of Zambia. - Prior roles: Executive Director at the World Bank Group for 22 African countries (including Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia); Deputy Governor at the Bank of Zambia responsible for Operations (monetary policy, currency and national payments systems, regulation and supervision of banks and non-bank financial institutions). - Education: PhD (Economics), University of Massachusetts (USA). - Mr. Tiémoko Meyliet Koné — Governor, BCEAO. - Nationality: Côte d’Ivoire; assumed position August 2011. - Prior roles: National Director of the BCEAO for Côte d'Ivoire; General Director of Program and Financial Operations at BCEAO headquarters in Dakar; Minister of Construction, Urbanization and Housing (2007-2010); Special Advisor to the President of Côte d’Ivoire in charge of Economic and Monetary Affairs. - Mr. Patrick Njoroge — Governor, Central Bank of Kenya. - Roles: CEO of the CBK; member of the Board of Directors; Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee. - Prior career: Over 20 years at the IMF in Washington DC. - Education: PhD in Economics, Yale University; Masters and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics, University of Nairobi. - Research interests: Macroeconomics, international finance, development economics, econometrics and monetary policy. - Mr. Rogerio Lucas Zandamela — Governor, Bank of Mozambique. - Prior IMF roles: IMF head of mission for Somalia and Djibouti; IMF resident representative for Brazil; head of missions for Armenia, Malaysia, Peru and Zimbabwe. - IMF tenure: Worked at Washington-based Headquarters since 1988. - Education: PhD (Economics), John Hopkins University (USA). ### International and regional financial regulators and supervisors - Ms. Julie Dickson — Member, Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (ECB Representative) since 2014. - Prior roles: Superintendent of Financial Institutions; roles in public and private sectors in financial institution policy. - Representations: Represents OSFI on the Financial Stability Board; chairs the FSB Committee on Supervisory Intensity and Effectiveness; member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2002 to 2006). - Education: Masters of Economics, Queen’s University. - Mr. Neil Esho — Deputy Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). - Responsibilities: Part of leadership directing the Basel Committee Secretariat (BCS) and implementing its strategy; actively involved in a wide range of policy development and implementation work. - Prior roles: Head of Research, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; Senior Lecturer, School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales. - Mr. Stefan Ingves — Governor, Sveriges Riksbank; Chairman, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (appointed June 2011). - Roles: Chairs the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board; member of the ECB General Council; Board of Directors of the BIS; Governor to the IMF. - Prior roles: Director, Monetary and Financial Systems Department at the IMF; Deputy Governor of the Riksbank; Director General of the Swedish Bank Support Authority; Director General for the Financial Markets Department at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. - Education: PhD in economics. - Mr. Lyndon Nelson — Deputy CEO, Prudential Regulation Authority. - Responsibilities: Chairs executive decision making on supervision, policy and risk; Executive Director for Supervisory Risk Specialists and Regulatory Operations. - Representation: Represents the UK in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. - Prior roles: Responsible for the FSA’s strategic performance management framework; part of the Bank team establishing the bank’s financial stability function; Managing Director of risk during regulatory change at the FSA; contributed to development of the UK’s macro prudential framework. - Mr. Kuben Naidoo — Deputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank (SARB). - Responsibilities: Financial Conglomerates Supervision; Banking and Insurance Supervision; Financial Surveillance and Risk Management. - Prior roles: Advisor to the Governor of SARB; member of the Monetary Policy Committee; head of the secretariat for the National Planning Commission; Deputy Director-General responsible for the Budget Office at the National Treasury. - Education: Bachelor of Science degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management, University of the Witwatersrand; MBA, University of Birmingham (UK). - Mr. Bertrand Peyret — Director of banking supervision, Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). - Roles: Recently joined Insurance Supervision as Director at ACPR; member of the Senior Supervisors Group; chaired the Hub Governance Group (Data Gaps initiative); participated in Financial Stability Board subgroups including Cross Border Crisis Management Groups. - Prior roles: Several positions at Banque de France; Banque de France representative at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2005 to 2006). - Education: Degree in political science, Institut d’études politiques de Grenoble. ### Financial sector executives, advisors, and IMF staff - Mr. Gilbert Gnany — Chief Strategy Officer and Director, Mauritius Commercial Banks (MCB) Group Ltd. - Prior roles: Senior Advisor on the World Bank Group’s Executive Board responsible mainly for financial sectors; MCB Group Chief Economist; Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance. - Governance roles: Chaired the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, the Statistics Advisory Council and the Statistics Board; director of the Board of Governors of the Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority and the Board of Investment. - Mr. Charles Mwanyara Mudiwa — Chief Executive, Stanbic Bank (became Chief Executive in 2013). - Prior roles: Chief Executive, Standard Bank Malawi (from 2007); Executive Director for Retail Banking and Operations, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe; Director in charge of Standard Bank’s mass market banking in South Africa. - Past directorships: Standard Bank Insurance Brokers, Eduloan Limited, Agri Bank. - Education: Economics Degree, University of Zimbabwe. - Ms. Daniela Marchettini — Economist, IMF African Department (in charge for Botswana and Namibia). - Roles: Coordinator of the department’s Financial System Network; formerly advisor to the IMF Board. - Prior positions: Several roles in Banca d’Italia (Supervision and Monetary Departments); worked in the Italian Ministry of Finance; lecturer in Industrial Organization, University of Rome. - Education: PhD (Statistics), University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy); doctoral studies in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). - Ms. Bozena Radzewicz-Bak — Senior Economist, IMF African Department. - Prior roles: Several years in the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department working on financial stability analysis, crisis management, monetary policy implementation and debt management. - Other experience: Research team at Citibank and DZ Bank; Debt Management Strategy Unit, Polish Ministry of Finance; lecturer, Warsaw School of Economics (WSE). - Education: Postgraduate studies at WSE (Poland) and University of Bath (UK). - Ms. Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf — Deputy Director, IMF African Department. - Responsibilities: Oversees department’s work and policy priorities on Southern and Central African countries (including South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland, as well as the CEMAC); coordinates work on financial sector issues. - Prior roles: Deputy Director, IMF European Department (before joining African Department in 2012); held positions in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. - Education: PhD in international economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (Switzerland). - Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie — Director, IMF African Department. - Responsibilities: Responsible for the Fund’s operations and engagement with the 45 member countries from sub-Saharan Africa. - Prior roles: In charge of IMF’s work on Portugal under IMF/EU/ECB-supported adjustment program (2011-2013); mission chief for South Africa (2009-2011); Chief of the African Department’s Regional Studies Division; worked on IMF lending programs for Turkey (1999-2001), Thailand (1998-99), Romania (1997-98) and Estonia (1996-97). - Education: Graduate studies, London School of Economics. - Ms. Ratna Sahay — Deputy Director, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department. - IMF roles: Led surveillance and program missions to several emerging market and low income countries across eight departments; headed analytical projects and policy papers; represented the Fund in various fora. - Prior roles: Advisor to Stanley Fischer (First Deputy Managing Director); Advisor to Michael Mussa and Kenneth Rogoff (both Economic Counselors of the IMF). - Prior career: Taught at Delhi University, Columbia University, and New York University. - Education: Ph.D. in Economics, New York University (USA). - Mr. Neil Esho (see above) — Deputy Secretary General, BCBS; involved in Committee policy development and implementation. - Mr. Nigel Jenkinson — Assistant Director, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department. - Prior career: 30 years at the Bank of England; Executive Director for Financial Stability (2003-2008); Adviser at the Financial Stability Board in Basel (from 2009). - Chair positions: FSB Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities; Basel Committee Working Group on Liquidity. - IMF work: Financial regulatory policy, shadow banking, macro-prudential policy. - Education: Degrees from the London School of Economics and University of Birmingham. --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/news/seminars/speaker-panelist-profiles.pdf_