BWC Current Happenings
AM22 Registration Opening Soon
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Please save the date for the Bretton Woods Committee’s 2022 Annual Meeting, April 19-22. This year’s conference will be a hybrid format with all sessions offered virtually throughout the week. On Friday, April 22 we will host an in-person session and a reception from 3-6pm ET at the St. Regis in Washington, D.C. The session will also be live-streamed.
Speakers will be announced, and registration will open soon. BWC will follow evolving COVID-19 safety guidance and will communicate precautionary requirements in advance of the event. Check our website for updates.
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Sponsorship Opportunities Available
BWC is pleased to offer sponsorship opportunities for the Annual Meeting. Sponsor packages begin at $10,000. Sponsor benefits include recognition throughout the Annual Meeting, invitations to the invitation-only Leadership Luncheon, and the opportunity to share your company's work with event attendees. Click here for more information. Contact Robin Muthig, Director of Membership and Giving, at RMuthig@brettonwoods.org to sponsor.
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Contribute to BWC's Blog
BWC’s blog presents an opportunity for members to publish original works that will be shared with the BWC community and promoted on our website and social media pages. To submit a blog for consideration, please email it to BWC Program Associate Chuyun Hu. We are currently accepting blog submissions on two topics.
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The Imperative of Adaptation for the IFIs
BWC wants to hear its members’ take on what institutional changes are needed for the IFIs to work together to adapt to new realities and rise to the challenge of creating a resilient, equitable, and sustainable post-pandemic economy. Click here for more information.
Recent Posts
War-Torn Country Banking Systems Beg Repair, by Gary Kleiman, Senior Partner, Kleiman International Consultants
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The Multi-Faceted Impacts of the Crisis in Ukraine
BWC wants to hear its members’ take on the multi-faceted economic and financial effects of the conflict in Ukraine, as well as how it will shape the future of multilateralism and the IFIs, of which Russia is a member. Click here for more information.
Recent Posts
Sanctions, By Warren Coats, IMF (ret.)
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The Henry Owen Memorial Award honors Bretton Woods Committee co-founder Henry Owen, and hopes to inspire new generations of thoughtful young leaders to follow Ambassador Owen’s example as both a scholar and diplomat. Graduate students within the United States are eligible to submit Essay Contest.
Submissions are due on or before March 20, 2022 by 11:59 PM ET. Click here for more information.
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In Case You Missed It
Sovereign Debt Working Group Publishes Debt Transparency Report
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The Sovereign Debt Working Group recently released their second report “Debt Transparency: The Essential Starting Point for Successful Reform” which examines the lack of transparency within the sovereign debt architecture and presents a menu of actionable solutions with which stakeholders can begin pursuing a transparency agenda.
The report was featured by leading newspapers across the globe. Gillian Tett of the Financial Times described it as “a hard-hitting report from a Bretton Woods Committee of financial luminaries.” Read her piece here.
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Additional Media Coverage:
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BWC Webinar: Corruption: Global Solutions for a Global Problem
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On January 25, BWC hosted a distinguished panel of experts to bring multi-faceted perspectives to the discussion of how the global community can tackle the roots of corruption by leveraging innovative governance tools and strategies.
Speakers were:
- Mr. Edward Olowo-Okere, Director, Governance Global Practice, World Bank
- Ms. Lisa Kelaart-Courtney, Director, Prevention and Compliance Division, Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank
- Ms. Chinwe Esimai, Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery & Corruption Officer, Citi
- Ms. Hanne Juncher, Executive Secretary, Group of States Against Corruption, GRECO
- Mr. Frank Vogl, Chairman, Partnership for Transparency Fund, and Author, "The Enablers"
- Moderator: William R. Rhodes, Vice Chair, BWC
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Member Perspectives
BWC members are important global thought leaders. Check out some of their recent work. To have your work featured in this newsletter, on the BWC website, and on our social media channels, email it to secretariat@brettonwoods.org.
Views expressed below do not represent any viewpoint of the Bretton Woods Committee.
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Meg Lundsager, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center; and
Mark Sobel, US Chair, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
US Must Strengthen IMF at February G20 Meeting
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In January, US President Biden nominated BWC Member Alice Hill of the Council on Foreign Relations to serve as Deputy Administrator for Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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BWC Welcomes New Members
Individual Members
- Sandeep Arora, Citigroup, Nominated by Coral Dawson
- Jorge Bermudez, Byebrook Group, Nominated by William Rhodes
- Andrea Moo-Young Bermudez, Byebrook Group, Nominated by William Rhodes
- Richard Berner, NYU Stern School of Business, Nominated by Bill Dudley
- Thomas Brigandi, Moody’s Investors Service, Nominated by Gligor Tashkovich
- Tamar Gutnar, The American University, Nominated by C. Randall Henning
- Michael Fares, Fares Wedge Capital, Nominated by B. Philip Winder
- Robert Heller, Federal Reserve Board (ret), Nominated by Coral Dawson
- Teresa Kong, Matthews Asia, Nominated by Bianca Taylor
- Caitlin Long, Custodia Bank, Inc., Nominated by Bill Dudley
- Brian Markley, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, Nominated by Bart Friedman
- Jennifer Marlon, Yale University, School of the Environment, Nominated by Bianca Taylor
- Lord Kimble Montagu, Monash University, Nominated by Gligor Tashkovich
- David Onoprishvili, Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia, Nominated by Gligor Tashkovich
- Deepika Sharma, BlackRock, Nominated by Gligor Tashkovich
- Mila Skulkina, Lord Abbett & Co. LLC, Nominated by Bianca Taylor
- Nick Smit, ING Bank N.V., Nominated by Gligor Tashkovich
- Heather J. Smith, Australian National University, Nominated by Gail Kelly
- Natalya Thakur, Stanford Future of Digital Currency Initiative and Knox Networks Inc., Nominated by Sultan Meghji
Organizational Members
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Call for Nominations
BWC’s strength is in its membership. You are leaders in your industries and bring your unique insights and perspectives to our work. We are always looking to expand the size and diversity of our membership in order to better support strong, effective multilateral solutions to the world’s economic challenges. You are encouraged to nominate individuals and organizations that might contribute to this work for membership in BWC. Learn more about individual and organizational membership, and send nominations to Director of Membership and Giving Robin Muthig. |
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