Jamaica
Apr 2017 to Feb 2018 Work with new Cash Management Unit in extending and improving its cash balance forecast to improve budget execution and to make more timely cash balance management decisions. (IMF and CARTAC)
Peru
Jul 2019 to Nov 2019 Participated in workshop of cash forecasting and treasury management. Wrote the study guide for the workshop. (World Bank)
New Delhi, India
Dec 2019. SARRTAC Regional Conference: Accelerating Government Cash Management Reforms in South Asia. Three presentation on cash forecasting, cash buffers, and institutional arrangements. (IMF)
Kuala Lumpur
July 2017. Workshop on Treasury Management for the Malaysian Ministry of Finance. The three-day workshop looked at cash management as part of a PFM program. (International Monetary Fund)
Bangladesh
Jan 2020 Advising the debt management office on constructing a cash balance forecast. (IMF)
Costa Rica
Jun 2019 Team review and assessment of cash management practices. (IMF)
Belize
Feb 2016 to Feb 2019 Assisting the treasury in developing a cash management program with key elements being a TSA and a cash balance forecast. (IMF)
Angola
Jul 2013 Four day seminar on cash forecasting and how it can be done in Angola. (US Treasury)
St. Kitts
May 2014. Eastern Caribbean Central Bank: Cash Flow Management: Where are we?
London
Oct. 2011. Commonwealth Secretariat Conference on Leveraging Debt Management for Effective Public Finance Management: Integrating Cash Forecasting and Debt Management at the U. S. Treasury.
Brussels
May 2014. World Bank global forum: Debt Management in Developing Countries: New Frontiers and Ongoing Challenges. Effective Cash Management.
Montego Bay
Oct 2011. Inter-American Development Bank LAC Debt group: Seventh Annual Meeting of the Group of Latin American and the Caribbean Debt Management Specialists. Treasury Debt Issuance and Recent Financial Events
London
May 2010. Institutional Investors
Montevideo
Apr 2009. Inter-American Development Bank LAC Debt group: Fifth Annual Meeting of the Group of Latin American and the Caribbean Debt Management Specialists.
San Jose
Apr 2007. Inter-American Development Bank LAC Debt group: Third Annual Meeting of the Group of Latin American and the Caribbean Debt Management Specialists.
Dublin
May 2010. Government Borrowers Forum (World Bank). [...]
Ljubljana
May 2009. Government Borrowers Forum (World Bank). [...]
Singapore
Nov 2009. Institutional Investor, Asia and Middle East Government Funds Roundtable: lunch speaker.
Geneva
Nov 2009. Seventh UNCTAD Debt Management Conference. Treasury Debt and Issuance and Recent Financial Events.
Ukraine
Oct 2014 Review current government fiscal practices to recommend future work. (US Treasury)
Senegal
May 2014 Advised Treasury staff on strategies for integrating cash balance forecasts with debt operations.(US Treasury)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sep 2013 Team review and assessment of government debt and cash management practices. (World Bank)
Bangladesh
Jul 2013 Led two-week seminar on cash management for the Bangladeshi government. (IMF)
Kosovo
Jun 2013 Trained Ministry of Finance staff on basics of cash forecasting. (US Treasury)
Samoa
Oct 2012 Team review and assessment of government debt and cash management practices with recommendations. (World Bank)
Lesotho
Sep 2012 Team review and assessment of government debt and cash management practices with recommendations. (World Bank)
El Salvador
Sep 2011 Review of cash management practices with recommendations. (US Treasury)
Koror
Mar. 2008. Third Pacific Islands Financial Managers Association (PIFMA) Conference. Keynote speech - Asset and Debt Management.
Zambia
Jul 2011 Review of cash management practices with recommendations and a training seminar for staff. (US Treasury)
Presentations
Mongolia
Apr 2011 - Nov 2013 Guided staff in identifying and using Ministry of Finance internal data to develop a forecast of cash flows. (US Treasury)
India
Mar 2011 - Dec 2013 In cooperation with the Indian debt management office, wrote a comprehensive guide to managing sovereign debt. (US Treasury)
Completed Work
Dominican Republic
Aug 2015 to Oct 2016 Assisting debt management staff in medium term debt strategy implementation and in identifying contingent liabilities. (US Treasury)
Senegal
June 2015 Assisted Treasury staff in developing tools to improve cash balance forecasting. (US Treasury)
Zimbabwe
Nov 2019 Panelist interviewing program candidates. (MEFMI)
Peoples' Republic of China
Jun 2018 to Jan 2019 Background research on cash forecasting approaches for treasury management.
Bhutan
Jan 2020 Advising the treasury on means to improve TSA management and to improve cash forecasting. (IMF)
Lima, Peru
July 2019. Workshop on Cash Flow Forecasting and Cash Management presented by the World Bank. The five-day workshop looked at cash management within the context of general treasury management. (World Bank, Treasury)
St. Lucia
June 2017. Regional Workshop on Cash and Debt Management and Commitment Control. Three sessions and a workshop on using cash forecasting to improve sovereign debt management. (International Monetary Fund)
Philippines
Dec 2014 - May 2016 Continuing assistance in developing a cash forecasting tool for the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). (IMF)
Washington
Apr. 2008. Tenth Annual OECD/World Bank/IMF Bond Market Forum: Secondary Market Liquidity in Domestic Debt Markets. The US Fiscal Outlook and Treasury Debt Issuance.
Manila
June 2015. DMF Stakeholders Forum on Debt Management in a Dynamic World: Coping with Capital Flows and Hidden Risks panel on policy coordination. (World Bank and Asian Development Bank)
Russia
Sep 2000 - May 2001 Conducted two four-day seminars on cash management for a training program for regional treasuries. (IMF)
Boca Raton
Mar 2010. Institutional Investors
Thailand
May 2008 Presented a seminar for the Ministry of Finance on good practices in debt management. (US Treasury)
Romania
Dec 1994 - May 1995 Guided Ministry of Finance staff in developing a cash balance forecast for debt issuance. (US Treasury)
China
Nov 2000 Presented the cash management section of a four-day seminar for the Ministry of Finance on government financial operations. (US Treasury)
India
May 2016 Worked with new DMO in developing decision papers to be used in designing the organization and responsibilities of the debt office as it moves from the Reserve Bank of India. (US Treasury)
Gabon
July 2015 Assisted Ministry of Finance staff in developing tools to improve cash balance forecasting. (US Treasury)
Myanmar
Jul 2018 Team review and assessment of treasury practices. (IMF)
Kenya
Oct 2015 Conducted cash management and cash forecasting seminar. (US Treasury)
Algeria
Apr 2018 Begun work with the treasury and debt management staff in developing a cash balance forecast. (US Treasury)
Brasilia, Brazil
Aug 2019. FOTEGAL 2019 Presentation on Integrated Asset and Liabilities Management. (IMF)
Myanmar
Aug 2020 Assisting ministry of finance in design of a cash forecasting model to improve cash management. (IMF)
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