Spring Meetings

Renata Miskell

US Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Accounting Policy & Financial Transparency

Renata Miskell is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy and Financial Transparency at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this capacity, she promotes financial integrity and operational efficiency across the federal government, focusing on payment integrity, federal accounting policy, financial transparency, and shared services. Before her role at Treasury, Renata served as the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at the Department of Health and Human Services. She also acted as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Data at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, overseeing the enterprise data strategy.

Märten Ross served in the Estonian central bank from 1992 until 2011, being Deputy Governor the last 11 years. Thereafter he was two years an adviser at the Bank of Finland. In 2013 he moved to Ministry of Finance of Estonia to become a Deputy Secretary-General on Financial Sector Policy and International Affairs. Since 2022 he is an adviser on international issues at the Ministry.

Beatriz Vasconcellos, from the University College London (UCL), is a specialist in state capacity and public administration in the digital age. She has trained and advised federal and local governments in Latin American, the United States, the Nordics, the Balkans, and African countries on their digital strategies. At UCL, she manages the digital government portfolio, including research on the economics of digital public infrastructure. 

Herve Tourpe

Information Technology Department, IMF

Hervé Tourpe heads the Digital Advisory Unit at the IMF, and leads a team of digital experts on Govtech, Fintech, digital money, artificial Intelligence and cyber security. His goal is to ensure that IMF staff remains at the forefront of technology advancements, to assist countries in their digital journey

Davit Gamkrelidze is the Head of the State Treasury at the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. In this role, he oversees a wide range of Treasury operations, including cash flow forecasting for the Treasury Single Account, the efficient and secure investment of public funds in financial instruments, the implementation of IPSAS standards, supervision of public sector payment processing, and reporting on the execution of the consolidated budget. He teaches finance-related subjects and serves as an associate professor at Ilia State University, Georgia.

Marek Rucinski is the Chief Data Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Smarter Data, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) data and analytics capability. He has strategic responsibility for the development and industrialisation of data, analytics, and insights to support the administration of the tax and super systems, government priorities, and deliver value for the Australian community. This role combines the traditional roles of chief data and chief analytics officers in many other organisations. Marek leads the ATO Data and Analytics Professional Stream, is a member of the senior working group for the APS Data Professional Stream and chairs the APS Data Champions Executive.

Thomas Cantens

FAD Staff

FAD Staff   

Shirin Hamid is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of Information Technology at the IMF. She has more than 20 years of executive leadership in digital transformation and innovative use of information management and technologies for complex, large multinational and multi-dimensional organizations. Prior to the Fund, Shirin was CIO at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 6 years, where she led major digital transformations in the organization, spanning over 30 countries. Shirin also held the role of Chief Technology Officer and Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), where she worked to maximize the impact of technology on a global stage, covering 170 countries. Shirin’s work was recognized by the CIO 100 Award in 2019, 2021 and 2022. She was honored to be named as The World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government in 2019.