Sixth Annual Sovereign Debt Restructuring Conference: Risks in a High-Interest Rate and Strong US Dollar Environment – Session I
VIDEO March 5, 2023Speaker / Author
Mark Flanagan
Mr. Flanagan is Deputy Director of the IMF’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, where his duties include overseeing debt policy work, with a particular focus on emerging markets. He joined the IMF in 1998, and his work on debt has included overseeing the most recent reviews of the Fund’s Debt Limit Policy and Low Income Country and Market Access Country DSA frameworks, and the Fund’s work on debt transparency. Over the last 15 years, he has also led IMF country work on Iceland, Greece, and the UK. ... Read More
Elena Duggar
Elena Duggar is Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for the Americas, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy & Research team. Elena is also the Chair of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global macroeconomic forecasts underpinning Moody’s universe of ratings. In her role leading the North and Latin America Credit Strategy & Research teams and the Global Macroeconomic Research team, Elena is responsible for forming house views on emerging risks, driving cross-functional alignment on key credit factors, coordinating rating approach across sectors in the Americas, and maintaining rigor in analytic frameworks. Elena leads major cross-sector outreach and research initiatives, such as ... Read More
Yan Liu
Ms. Yan Liu is Deputy General Counsel in the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund. Ms. Liu has advised on all aspects of the IMF’s operations, including its surveillance over member countries’ economies and financial and technical assistance to its members. She currently oversees the Legal Department’s work on the development and implementation of the IMF polices on lending, sovereign debt management and restructurings, private sector debt resolution, financial and fiscal law issues, fintech, cross border payments, and AML/CFT issues. Ms. Liu frequently lectures and publishes on the law of the IMF and other issues of international financial law. ... Read More