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 IMFโ€™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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