Members of the Forum, including its Founding Directors, Staff, and Affiliated Scholars, identify priority research topics, capacity-building programs, and institutional collaboration avenues with advice from members of an Official Consultative Group, comprising diverse government and multilateral officials, including the IMF’s Legal Department.

Learn more about the Forum’s members below.

Academic Co-Directors
  • Anna Gelpern headshot

    Academic Co-Director; Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law School

    Anna Gelpern

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  • Rosa Lastra Headshot

    Academic Co-Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London

    Rosa Lastra

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Staff
Strategic Advisors
  • Elsie Addo Awadzi Headshot

    Women in Public Leadership Fellow, University of Oxford

    Elsie Addo Awadzi

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Advisory Group
  • Sean Hagan Headshot

    Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law School

    Sean Hagan

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  • Sarah Ludwick Headshot

    Attorney, A&O Shearman

    Sarah Ludwick

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  • Lee Buchheit headshot

    Visiting Professorial Fellow, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London

    Lee Buchheit

  • Yannis Manuelides headshot

    Director, Elmar Advisors Limited

    Yannis Manuelides

Affiliated Scholars
  • Daniel Bradlow headshot

    Senior Fellow, Boston University Global Development Policy Center

    Daniel Bradlow

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  • Stephen Park headshot

    Associate Professor of Business Law, University of Connecticut

    Stephen Park

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  • Mark Weidemaier headshot

    Ralph M. Stockton, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Mark Weidemaier

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  • Layna Mosely Headshot

    Director, Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab; Professor of Politics and International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Politics, Princeton University

    Layna Mosely

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  • Mitu Gulati headshot

    John V. Ray Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia, School of Law

    Mitu Gulati

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  • Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal headshot

    L.L.B., University of Buenos Aires; L.L.M., University of Warwick; and Ph.D., Queen Mary University of London.

    Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal

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  • Charles Mak Headshot

    Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol; TTLF Fellow, Stanford Law School

    Charles Mak

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  • Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima Headshot

    Assistant Professor, International Financial Law at the University of Leeds School of Law

    Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima

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  • Ugo Panizza headshot

    Professor, International Economics Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

    Ugo Panizza

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