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Non-IFC Experts on Emerging Markets


 

Antoine von Agtmael – Founder and President, Emerging Markets Management LLC.
Formerly with the World Bank and IFC and author of The Emerging Markets Century (Simon & Shuster) Coined the term “Emerging Markets” in 1981 at IFC.
c/o Suellen Wells
Tel: (703) 243 8800
E-mail: sueellenw@emiemm.com


Nicholas Biekpe – Professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
President of Africagrowth Research and joint editor of the Emerging Financial Markets Journal.
c/o Dina Potgieter +27 (0)21 918 4469; dinap@acia.sun.ac.za


Barton Biggs – Managing Partner, Traxis Partners
Author of the forthcoming book entitled Hedge Hogging.
Tel: (212) 332 5182 


Mohamed El-Erian - Managing Director, Pimco and President, Harvard Management Company
El-erian@pimco.com 


Jeffry A. Frieden – Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University
Author of Global Capitalism: Its Rise and Fall in the 20th Century.
Tel: (617) 496 2386
E-mail: jfrieden@wcfia.harvard.edu


Jeffrey Garten – Professor and former Dean, Yale School of Management
Author of The Big Ten: The Big Emerging Markets and How They Will Change Our Lives.
E-mail: Jeffrey.garten@yale.edu 


Kathryn Lavelle – Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Author of The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets.
Tel: (216) 368 2691
E-mail: Kathryn.lavelle@case.edu


Robert E. Litan – Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings
Author of The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing Countries.
Tel: (202) 797 6000
E-mail: rlitan@brookings.edu


Paolo Mauro – Senior Economist, Strategic Issues Division, International Monetary Fund
Co-author of the forthcoming book entitled Emerging Markets and Financial Globalization.
Tel: (202) 623 7000
E-mail: Pmauro@imf.org


Mark Mobius – Managing Director, Templeton Asset Management Ltd, Singapore
Author of The Investors Guide to Emerging Markets.
Tel: +65-63387177
E-mail: mmobius@templeton.com


Pierre Omidyar – Founder and Chairman, Ebay and CEO, Omidyar Network
Founder of $100m microfinance fund for developing countries.
Email: Pierre@ebay.com 


C.K. Prahalad – Professor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Author of The Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid
Tel: (734) 763 5573
E-mail: ckp@umich.edu


Clyde Prestowitz – President and Founder, Economic Strategy Institute
Author of Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East.
E-mail: presto@econstrat.org 


David Wargin – Manager Media Relations, Standard & Poor’s
Tel: (212) 438 1579
E-mail: David_wargin@standardandpoors.com


John Williamson – Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Author of Capital Flows to Emerging Markets: Curbing the Boom-Bust Cycle
E-mail: Jwilliamson@iie.com  


Peter Woicke – Former Executive Vice President, IFC and Managing Director of the World Bank Group
Tel: (202) 473 7728
E-mail: Pwoicke@ifc.org   

 

Disclaimer:

None of these individuals have direct or indirect business relationships with IFC and IFC has not sought to influence the contents of their statements or views, nor should their views be purported to represent those of IFC.