People

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

  • Katherine Shen Headshot

    Program Director; Senior Fellow

    Katherine Shen

  • Whitney Carr Headshot

    Program Associate

    Whitney Carr

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

  • Lee Buchheit headshot

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

    Lee Buchheit

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  • Elsie Addo Awadzi Headshot

    Attorney, Governance and International Finance

    Elsie Addo Awadzi

  • Yannis Manuelides headshot

    Director, Elmar Advisors Limited

    Yannis Manuelides

Affiliated Scholars

  • Daniel Bradlow headshot

    Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria

    Daniel Bradlow

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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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  • 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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  • Stephen Park headshot

    Associate Professor & Satell Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility; University of Connecticut School of Business Law

    Stephen Park

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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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