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Register for 2021 Annual Meeting, Recap: Legislative Working Group Launch, Member Views on Sovereign Debt, Green Finance and More
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ICYMI Watch Here: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew joined Whitney Debevoise and Meg Lundsager to discuss the international economic challenges facing the Biden Administration.
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2021 Annual Meeting
Registration has opened for the 2021 Annual Meeting! This year’s virtual meeting will be held from Monday, April 5 to Friday, April 9 alongside the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings.
Please register for all sessions you wish to attend. Check our website for additional speaker and session announcements. More coming soon!
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Green Investment for Recovery
Friday, Apr 9 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM EDT
REGISTER HERE
In the context of dramatic economic disruption, Afsaneh Beschloss, Thierry Déau, Jerome Haegeli, and Aniket Shah, will explore how countries can accelerate their transition towards a green economy while pursuing a balanced recovery.
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Fiscal Policy, Technology, and Transparency
Thursday, Apr 8 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM EDT
REGISTER HERE
José María Figueres, John Musinguzi, and Jeffrey Owens will discuss how technology and transparency can help build more resilient, efficient fiscal policy and help secure a sustainable recovery. |
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Legislative Working Group Launch
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We are delighted to announce the official launch of BWC's Legislative Working Group (LWG), the first of several thematic Working Group's under BWC's new program model. The LWG includes an experienced, bipartisan group of former U.S. officials who are driving the Committee’s efforts to educate policymakers on the importance of the IFIs.
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Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew joined LWG Co-Chairs Whitney Debevoise and Meg Lundsager on March 11 to launch the Working Group and to discuss a range of international economic policy challenges, including containing the pandemic, addressing climate change, and recommitting to U.S. leadership at the international financial institutions. Watch here.
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Henry Owen Memorial Essay Contest 2021
This annual essay contest honors Ambassador Henry Owen, a founding member of the Bretton Woods Committee. This year, we asked students to consider how the Bretton Woods institutions can help secure a balanced, sustainable recovery from Covid-19. Know a graduate student who might be interested? Submission guidelines are available here.
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Views expressed below do not reflect any viewpoint of the Bretton Woods Committee.
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Financing a Global Recovery
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The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate the following members on their achievements!
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Sultan Meghji
Sultan Meghji was named as the first Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), charged with leading the FDIC’s efforts to promote the adoption of innovative technologies across the financial services sector.
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Stormy-Annika Mildner
Stormy-Annika Mildner was nominated for the G7 Economic Resilience Panel. The Panel will develop proposals for the G7 Summit in June 2021 in line with the UK G7 Presidency’s wider agenda.
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Kevin P. Gallagher
Kevin P. Gallagher was named co-chair of the T20 Task Force on International Finance, which will provide policy proposals to the G20 focused on international financial stability and other issues.
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Welcome New Members!
- Ana Botin, Banco Santander S.A.
- Barry Diller, The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation
- Mohsen Z. Fahmi, PIMCO
- Joan Feldbaum-Vidra, Kroll Bond Rating Agency
- Dawn Fitzpatrick, Soros Fund Management
- Evan Greenberg, Chubb
- Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations
- Glenn Hutchins, North Island
- Chua Sock Koong, Singtel
- Sandra Lee, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Chris Loewald, South African Reserve Bank
- Terra C. Melson
- Kiyoshi Miyake, Mizuho Securities Co. Lyd
- Alexandre Mouradian, Central Bank of Lebanon
- Deanna Mulligan, Purposeful Advisors
- William J. Papp, Star Mountain Capital
- Jason Schenker, The Futurist Institute
- Jonathan Padilla, PayPal
- Eric Schmidt, Google
- Stephen A. Schwarzman, The Blackstone Group
- Richard T. Suarez, Clarfeld - Citizens Private Wealth
- Mark A. Walker, Guggenheim Securities
- Jennifer Westacott, Business Council of Australia
- Oliver Wuensch, Oliver Wyman
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Reminder: Nominate New Members and Share Your Work!
Do you know someone who might be a good addition to the Committee? Help grow our membership by nominating your colleagues for membership via this online form.
If you'd like your work to be featured in this newsletter or on the Bretton Woods Committee website, please reach out to secretariat@brettonwoods.org. We want to share your work!
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