Forum Directors
Forum Directors will identify priority research topics, capacity-building programs, and institutional collaboration avenues with advice from members of an Official Consultative Group, comprising diverse government and multilateral officials, including the IMF’s Legal Department. Initial research projects include (i) building new comprehensive contract databases and analyzing key terms in private and official debt contracts, (ii) inter-creditor coordination, (iii) debt transparency and accountability strategies, and (iv) risks at the intersection of debt management and financial stability.
Anna Gelpern is a Professor of Law at Georgetown and a Founding Academic Director for the Sovereign Debt Forum.
Professor Dr Rosa María Lastra is the Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law and Chair of the Institute of Banking and Finance Law the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London and a Founding Academic Director of the Sovereign Debt Forum.
Sean Hagan is a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown, the Former General Counsel of the International Monetary Fund, and a Founding Director of the Sovereign Debt Forum.
Lee Buchheit is a Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London and a Founding Director of the Sovereign Debt Forum.
Mitu Gulati is a Professor of Law at Duke University and a Founding Director of the Sovereign Debt Forum.