Work Experience
2011-present - International Monetary Fund
• 2021-present: African Department. Mission chief for WAEMU and the Ivory Coast
• 2013-2021: Western Hemisphere Department. Division chief. Mission chief for Chile, Ecuador, and Panama.
• 2011-2013: Research Department, Open Macroeconomics Division.
2010-2011 – Barclays Capital
• Managing Director, Head of International Economic Research. Coordinated global forecasts of 30 economists. Edited the flagship Global Economic Weekly. Wrote notes on topics of global relevance.
1996-2010 - International Monetary Fund
• 2006-2010: Research Department, Systemic Issues Division.
• 2004-2006: Research Department, Exchange Rate Issues Division
• 2001-2004: African Department.
• 1998-2001: Research Department, World Economic Outlook (WEO) Division
• 1997-1998: Middle Eastern Department.
• 1996-1997: Research Department, Economic Modeling Division.
1995-1996 University of Konstanz
• Research Fellow in international economics under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
Education
• 1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
• 1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1990: B.A. in Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.