IFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. ZHU Xian is the Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the IFF.  Prior to the IFF, Mr. Zhu was the Chief Operations Officer of the New Development Bank, in charge of project lending, other investment instruments operational compliance and project procurement as well as the regional offices of the bank. Mr. Zhu served as Vice President and Chief Ethics Officer and other positions at World Bank Group from 2012 to 2015. He also worked at China's Ministry of Finance in various capacities. Mr. Zhu graduated from Peking University in 1982 with BA in Western Languages and Literature. He won Heinz Fellowship and studied economics in Pittsburgh University in the mid-1980s.

Mr. Lin Jianhai is the Executive Vice President of IFF and the Chairman of the IFF Global Center. Mr. Lin was the Secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during 2012 to 2020. He previously served in other senior positions of the IMF, including the Secretary's, Finance, Policy Development and Review, and Asian and Pacific Departments. During his IMF career, he worked across a wide range of country, policy, and administrative issues.

Dr. Gerry Rice is the Spokesman of International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Director of the Communications Department from December 2011. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Director for COM the Communications Department (2006-2011).

As Director of Communications, Dr. Rice serves as the Spokesman for the IMF and is responsible for the Fund’s strategy on external engagements with media and the Fund’s key stakeholders, including legislatures and parliaments, labor representatives, civil society groups, and academics, as well as the Fund's internal communications. The Director works closely with the Managing Director and senior Fund management, advising on the communication of IMF operations, including policy and lending decisions.

Siddharth Tiwari serves as Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of International Finance Forum (IFF). For over 3 decades, Dr. Tiwari has been a thought leader, global policy maker, and member of senior management teams in large, complex, global financial institutions where his work has spanned across 5 continents. He has served as the Head of the Asian Office of the Bank for International Settlements in Hong Kong, Executive Secretary of the G20 Eminent Persons Group, as well in the IMF as Director of Strategy Policy and Review, Secretary of the IMF, Chief of Staff for the Managing Director, and Head of Country Operations in Africa. His work includes spearheading reform the international monetary and financial system, developing digital public infrastructures, integrating advances in technology with finance; designing strategy and solutions to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID–19 and climate change; and reforming policy and lending operations. Dr. Tiwari has managed a large international Board of Directors and served a term in a senior academic appointment. With substantial experience in Asia, he continues to lead the engagement between and within international bodies (G-7 and the G20 ministers and governors), public sector, think tanks, philanthropic organizations civil society, financial markets, media, and academia. Dr. Tiwari holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Chicago.