Meeting Schedules

President, Islamic Development Bank 

Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser is President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, having been re-elected to a second five-year term in 2026. Previously, he served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Economy and Planning and Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (now the Saudi Central Bank). He has also held senior positions at the IMF, including Executive Director and Alternate Governor for Saudi Arabia. A leading voice on macroeconomic policy, development finance, and financial sector issues, Dr. Al Jasser brings extensive experience in economic reform, multilateral cooperation, and sustainable development across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. 

President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Odile Renaud-Basso is President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a position she has held since 2020 and to which she was re-elected for a second term in 2024. Previously, she served as Director General of the French Treasury, where she led France's economic policy, including European and international financial affairs, trade policy, financial regulation, and debt management. She is the first woman to lead a multilateral development bank.

Associate Vice-President (Global) and Director, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong

Professor Heiwai Tang is Associate Vice-President (Global) and Director of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong, where he is also Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics. A leading expert on international trade, global value chains, and geoeconomic fragmentation, his research focuses on supply-chain resilience, globalization, and China's role in the global economy. He has advised international organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IFC, and United Nations, and has held visiting appointments at the IMF, MIT, Harvard, and Stanford.

Chief Economist, World Trade Organization

Robert W. Staiger is the Loren M. Berry Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization. A leading scholar of international trade policy, his research focuses on the rules and institutions governing the global trading system, with particular emphasis on the economics of the GATT/WTO. He is the author of numerous influential publications on trade policy and global economic governance, including The Economics of the World Trading System and A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century.

President Emeritus of the Center for Global Development

Masood Ahmed is President Emeritus of the Center for Global Development and a distinguished expert on international economic policy and development. He previously served as President of the Center for Global Development and spent more than three decades at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, including as Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department. His work has focused on global economic governance, development finance, trade, and macroeconomic policy.