Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice Weder di Mauro (born 3 August 1965) is a Swiss economist who is currently Professor of economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Research Professor and Distinguished Fellow-in-residence at the Emerging Markets Institute of INSEAD Singapore,[1] and senior fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER).

She has published widely in leading academic journals and writes regular op-eds and contributions to the public policy debate.

[6][7] Weder di Mauro spent her childhood with her family in Guatemala before returning to Switzerland at the age of sixteen.

[12] From 2002 to 2004, she was a member of the Swiss Federal Commission on Economy in Bern,[10] and from August 2004 to 2012, she served on Germany's Council of Economic Experts.

She was a resident scholar and a member of the European Regional Advisory Group of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. (2010 to 2012)[10] She chaired the Global Agenda Council on Sovereign Debt the World Economic Forum.