Amy Lee is a Capacity Development Officer at the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development, where she designs learning and training experiences for different audiences. Her experience in education spans the globe: she was a Fulbright fellowship in Macau, S.A.R., worked as a fourth-grade teacher in the U.S., and contributed to educational research projects in Ghana and South Africa. Prior to joining the IMF, she served as a program officer at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, where she managed a global health eLearning platform and led knowledge management and storytelling capacity building initiatives. Amy holds a M.S.Ed in International Educational Development from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Scranton.

Pau Rabanal is the Deputy Chief of the Macro-Modeling and Monetary Division at the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development since January 2025. Previously, he was Deputy Division Chief in the Western Hemisphere Department of the IMF, and mission chief for Uruguay. Prior to this appointment, he worked in the Research Department, as a senior economist in the Macro-Financial Division, and later as a Deputy Division Chief in the Open Economy Macroeconomics Division. In that capacity, he was one of the main authors of the External Sector Report between 2018 and 2022. Mr. Rabanal joined the IMF in 2002 and has also worked in the Monetary and Capital Markets and Middle East and Central Asia departments of the IMF. He also worked in the Research Department of Caixabank in Barcelona between 2002 and 2006. Mr. Rabanal holds a B.A in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), an M.Sc. in Economics from the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) in Madrid, Spain, and a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University. His research interests include monetary policy, macro-prudential policies, open economy macroeconomics and the analysis of external vulnerabilities.

Franck Bousquet is deputy director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development, overseeing the IMF’s global partnerships. Previously, he was the deputy director coordinating the IMF’s engagement with fragile and conflict-affected states, leading the preparation of the related strategy, approved by the Executive Board in March 2022. Before joining the IMF, he was the senior director of the World Bank’s Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group. Mr. Bousquet has also several years of leadership experience in low- and middle- income countries in Africa and the Middle East, including significant work on resilience and reconstruction issues. He led an international effort providing for the first-time concessional financing to middle-income countries facing refugee crises. He previously held roles in the public and private sectors, focused on sustainable development, finance and capital markets. He holds an MBA with a specialization in finance from Columbia Business School and a graduate diploma in engineering from France.