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A Conversation with Ukraine and Romania’s IMF Board Members on Ukraine war’s economic impact

May 12, 2022 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am EDT

We are inviting you to join us for a conversation with Vladyslav Rashkovan, Representative of Ukraine at the IMF Executive Board and Liviu Voinea, Representative of Romania at the IMF Executive Board, centered around the economic implications of the Ukrainian crisis for Romania and Ukraine.

Vladyslav Rashkovan

Since 2017 Vladyslav is a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board. As an Alternate Executive Director Vladyslav represents 16 European countries, including Ukraine. At the IMF Vladyslav has been specialized on the global financial assessment, reforms of financial systems, fintech and digital currencies.

Prior to the IMF Vladyslav served as a Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), being responsible for the strategy of the Ukrainian banking sector reforms and turnaround transformation of the NBU.

Before joining the Central Bank in 2014, Vladyslav spent 8 years in UniCredit Group in Germany, Austria, and Poland being focused on managing turnaround projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2010 Vladyslav occupied a position of Chief financial officer (CFO) and Deputy CEO of UniCredit Bank Ukraine.

Before UniCredit Vladyslav pursued the academia and consultancy career. In his non-profit activity Vladyslav served as a Chair of the banking committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and member of the Board of directors of the Kyiv school of Economics.

Liviu Voinea

Liviu Voinea has been Senior Advisor to the Executive Director and a member of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), representing Romania to the IMF since August 2019. Prior to that, he was Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania for a mandate of 5 years (October 2014 – August 2019), responsible for financial stability, macroeconomic forecasting, banking resolution and international relations. He was also Minister Delegate for Budget, member of the Government, responsible for budget and public debt, and in that capacity represented Romania to the ECOFIN Council (December 2012 – August 2014); in his mandate Romania exited the excessive deficit procedure, met the structural deficit target, and returned to investment grade. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Finance (May 2012 – December 2012) and a non-executive Board Member of Eximbank Romania (2009 – 2012).

Liviu latest book, “Defensive Expectations. Reinventing the Phillips Curve as a Policy Mix” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) offers an alternative perspective on consumption, savings and inflation in the aftermath of an economic crisis.


Meet your host

 

John Florescu

Media Executive and Alianta Board Member

John Florescu is host of the Conversation series and has conducted numerous interviews with world leaders

He is a TV producer, businessman, and journalist with experience in the United States and Europe.

Details

Date:
May 12, 2022
Time:
7:00 am - 8:00 am EDT
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Website:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/aabozrY

Venue

Online
Digital

Organizer

Alianta

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