Spring Meetings

Herve Tourpe leads initiatives offering unbiased expertise to the IMF’s Member Countries on the opportunities and risks associated with transformative technologies. These include Fintech (such as digital money), Govtech, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, and cloud computing, with special focus on emerging and low-income nations. Mr. Tourpe is a seasoned expert in innovation and digital strategies, particularly in areas of financial inclusion, sustainable development, digital payment, and CBDC.

Bo Li assumed the role of Deputy Managing Director at the IMF on August 23, 2021. He is responsible for the IMF’s work on about 90 countries as well as on a wide range of policy issues. Before joining the IMF, Mr. Li worked for many years at the People’s Bank of China, most recently as Deputy Governor. He earlier headed the Monetary Policy, Monetary Policy II, and Legal and Regulation Departments, where he played an important role in the reform of state-owned banks, the drafting of China’s anti-money-laundering law, the internationalization of the renminbi, and the establishment of China’s macroprudential policy framework.

In addition to leading the interdepartmental team on the climate toolbox, Yunhui Zhao also oversees the extension and maintenance of some IMF-wide machine learning-based text analysis tools. Previously, he worked in the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department's Macro Risk Unit, where he was part of a team that applied machine learning to revamp the IMF’s Vulnerability Exercise. He also worked in the African Department (AFR) and the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Mr. Zhao joined the IMF in 2016 through the Economist Program. He has six years of experience in country work and FSAP and has authored/coauthored over 10 publications in academic journals and IMF working papers on topics like housing, macro-finance, monetary policy, and climate change. He initiated and coauthored the trade chapter in AFR’s April 2019 Regional Economic Outlook, which received coverage from CNN and the Washington Post. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.

With over a decade of experience in econometric modeling and data analysis, Li Tang has collaborated with the Research Department and Area Departments on several empirical studies for the World Economic Outlook and Regional Economic Outlook. She regularly teaches courses on quantitative analysis and econometrics at the IMF and has published in economic journals. Additionally, she has served as a referee for peer-reviewed journals in industrial organization and health economics. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Maryland.

Other Team Members: Ivan Gonzales; Chengyu Huang; Minju Jeong; Kei Moriya; Jiaxiong Yao (all IMF); Tiana Wang (University of Georgia).

Ivan Pavletic joined SECO in 2011 as Program manager for the World Bank Group (WBG). From 2014 to 2017, he served as Senior Advisor to the Swiss Executive Director at the WBG. Between 2017-2020, he was Head of the Policy and Services section at SECO. Mr. Pavletic holds a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and a Master in Economics from the University of Fribourg.