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Hon. Samuel Atandi is a distinguished legislator representing Alego Usonga Constituency in Siaya County, Kenya. His career is characterized by a commitment to sustainable development, equitable resource allocation, and support for marginalized communities. 

With strong ties to his constituency, Hon. Atandi remains focused on addressing the needs and aspirations of the local population. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Egerton University, equipping him with a comprehensive background in leadership and policy analysis. Prior to his political career, he accumulated over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, culminating as Director of Transactional and Institutional Banking at the National Bank of Kenya, where he developed substantial proficiency in financial management and institutional operations. 

In Parliament, Hon. Atandi has previously served as a member of the Finance & National Planning Committee and Budget & Appropriations Committee. He is the current Chairperson of the Budget & Appropriations Committee in the National Assembly, overseeing budgetary accountability and advocating for Public Financial Management reforms. His leadership includes promoting fiscal discipline, transparency, results-based budgeting, and improved oversight of public debt and fiscal risks. He remains committed to enhancing the capacity of parliamentary budget analysis and strengthening the autonomy of oversight institutions, ensuring that public resources are managed efficiently. Furthermore, he seeks to build confidence by aligning Kenya’s fiscal policies with overarching goals of sustainable and inclusive development.

Ana Patricia Muñoz is the International Budget Partnership (IBP)’s Executive Director. IBP’s goal is to make sure governments raise and spend public money more fairly, so that everyone has the resources and opportunities they need to thrive and get ahead. To achieve this, IBP works with budget analysts, civil society organizations, multilateral and international institutions, and partners in 120 countries.

Previously, she was the Executive Director of FARO, an Ecuadorian think tank that generates research and implements initiatives to influence public policy and build a more equitable and sustainable society. She spent a decade at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she rose through the ranks to become Assistant Vice President. She spearheaded ground-breaking research and produced a seminal report on the racial wealth gap.

Ms. Muñoz has written more than 20 research reports, book chapters, and articles published in academic journals. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Brown University, a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

Patience Oniha is currently the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Nigeria, a position she assumed in July 2017. 

Prior to her career move from the private to the public sector in 2008, she was an accomplished banker with over two (2) decades of experience in reputable banks including Ecobank and Standard Chartered Bank. During this period she occupied top management positions and acquired skills in Treasury, Credit and Investment Banking.  

Between 2008 and 2015 when she served as the pioneer Director of the Market Development Department, she initiated and anchored a number of initiatives which have transformed Nigeria’s fixed income securities market, making it one of the top three (3) markets in Africa. These initiatives which include the introduction of Benchmark Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds; transparency in market operations and a sovereign yield curve extending to thirty (30) years resulted in the inclusion of five (5) FGN Bonds in the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets (Local Currency) in 2012. Since then, under her leadership as Director-General, the DMO has introduced a Sovereign Sukuk and Green Bond into the Domestic Market.

Mr. Alessandro Gullo is Assistant General Counsel at the IMF’s Legal Department, where he is leading the Fiscal and Financial Law Division. In this role, he oversees legal advice on central banking, financial sector and fiscal law reforms in IMF’s member countries. Mr. Gullo has advised a wide range of countries across the globe on the design and implementation of their fiscal and financial laws, steering the law reform agenda including in crisis contexts.