Julien Reynaud
Last Updated: October 6, 2025
Fluent In: French, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics at Paris School of Economics - University Paris 1
M.Phil. in Money, Banking and Finance - University Paris 1
B.A. in International Economics - Durham University (ERASMUS - final year)
Previous Experience:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Leave from IMF): Acting Head of the Mexico/Chile Desk – Economics Department, Country Studies Branch
Inter-American Development Bank: Research Fellow – Evaluation Office (OVE)
European Central Bank: Graduate Program Economist – DG-Statistics, Statistics Development and DG-International, EU Neighborhood Region; and Economist – DG-International, International Policy Analysis
Referee Activities:
Economie Internationale, European Central Bank WP Series, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Leuven Economic Review, Public Choice, Review of International Organizations, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Singapore Economic Review, IMF WP Series, European Journal of Political Economy, Economic Systems
Current Position:
Deputy Division Chief and Mission Chief for Chad, African Department
Seminar Presentation:
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fiscal Rules – IMF Analytical Corner, April 2018. Video available: https://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=5772866077001
Teaching:
Financial Programming and Policies (FPP) - Ecuador - 2019/2020 - In Spanish
Fiscal Analysis and Forecasting – Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI) – 2018/2019 (preparation of the course)
Debt Sustainability – IMF HQ Washington – 2017/2018 - In French
IMF Career:
Special Assistant to the Director, African Department
Senior Economist – Western Hemisphere Dept. – Latin Carribean Division & Southern 2 Division
Resident Representative to Ecuador – Western Hemisphere Dept. – Southern 1 Division
Senior Economist - Fiscal Affairs Dept. - Fiscal Policy Division
Senior Economist – Western Hemisphere Dept. - Caribbean Division
Economist – Western Hemisphere Dept. - Caribbean Division
Economist – Western Hemisphere Dept. - North America Division
Advisor – Office of the Executive Director for France
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Public Finance
Macro-Financial Issues
International Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Development Economics