Safeguarding Economic Integrity: Confronting Corruption and Illicit Flows

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT EVENT

DATE: April 15, 2026

DAY: Wednesday

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

LOCATION: HQ1 Atrium HQ1-1-700

Overview

Amid escalating global uncertainty, strengthening economic and financial integrity has become critical to protecting stability and sustaining public trust. Corruption, money laundering, and other economic crimes do not merely exploit institutional weaknesses, they actively deepen them by obstructing policy implementation, draining public resources, and eroding growth. This session will provide first-hand examples of the IMF’s work on anticorruption and anti-money laundering as an essential component of the IMF’s mandate and engagement, along with a donor-perspective on this agenda.

Safeguarding Economic Integrity: Confronting Corruption and Illicit Flows

Catriona Purfield is the Director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development. She oversees the strategy, governance and fundraising of the IMF’s capacity development work. Prior to that, she was Director of the Human Resources Department. She has also held other senior roles across the IMF, including Deputy Director in the African Department, where she oversaw the IMF’s engagement with Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Togo. She also served as Assistant Director in the Middle East and Central Asia Department, where she headed the work on inclusive growth and IMF’s surveillance missions to Iran. From 2013 to 2016, Ms. Purfield was based in South Africa as Program Leader for the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Global Practices of the World Bank, covering seven countries. Her earlier IMF experience spans the European, Asia and Pacific, and Fiscal Affairs Departments. Her research and publications focus on macroeconomics, growth, inequality, fiscal policy, natural resource management, competition policy, and labor markets. Ms. Purfield holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin.

Dan Katz assumed the position of First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF on October 6, 2025. Mr. Katz most recently served as Chief of Staff at the United States Department of the Treasury. He was the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on a wide range of domestic and international matters, including on some of the most consequential international economic issues involving the United States. Mr. Katz has over a decade-long association with the Treasury, serving as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for International Markets, and Policy Advisor in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. In addition to his work at the Treasury, Mr. Katz spent several years in the private sector, where he worked at a global macro hedge fund, and as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. He was also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on central banking, international economic issues, and economic statecraft, and served as an advisor to the Commander of U.S. forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mr. Katz received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from New York University School of Law.

Christoph König, Deputy State Secretary at the State Secretariat for International Finance of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland

Christoph König is Deputy State Secretary at the State Secretariat for International Finance of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland. Between 2014 and 2023 he held various management positions at the State Secretariat for International Finance, covering areas such as financial market analysis, bilateral relations as well as policy and strategy. Before joining SIF, Christoph König worked as senior expert for international affairs at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (2012-2014) and as diplomatic Counsellor for financial services, internal market and competition at the Swiss mission to the European Union in Brussels (2010-2012).

Yan Liu is the General Counsel and the Director of the Legal Department of the IMF. Over her career at the IMF, Ms. Liu has led the Legal Department’s work on a range of policy, country, and strategic issues. This includes reforming IMF policies on lending, helping strengthen central banking and financial sector legal frameworks in response to technological changes, leading work on corporate and household insolvency and public debt management, and contributing to the development of international standards for financial regulation. Ms. Liu is also a well-recognized expert in sovereign debt, setting the Fund’s policies in this field. She has published on various aspects of the law and policy perspectives. Ms. Liu received her Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois, and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the Fund, she practiced corporate and securities law in the United States.

Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to the Treasury for the Government of Zambia

Felix Nkulukusa has been serving as a Secretary to the Treasury for the Government of Zambia since 2021, leading the country’s fiscal policy and public financial management agenda. Mr. Nkulukusa previously held senior roles at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, serving as Permanent Secretary from 2012 to 2015 and as Head of Tax Policy from 2006 to 2011, where he contributed to the development and implementation of fiscal policy and budget management reforms. From 2015 to 2021, he worked as a Public Financial Management Consultant with international organizations including the European Union, United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, and the World Bank, supporting reform efforts across multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Nkulukusa holds a Master of Arts from the Center for Development Economics at Williams College.

Fayval Shirley Williams, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Fayval Shirley Williams is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) by profession. She holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in Economics from Harvard University. She is the first female Minister of Finance & the Public Service, and has been a Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern since March 2016. Wiliams has served the Government of Jamaica in various posts as Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance & the Public Service, Minister of Science, Energy & Technology and most recently as the Minister of Education & Youth.

Safeguarding Economic Integrity: Confronting Corruption and Illicit Flows

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT EVENT

Overview

Safeguarding Economic Integrity: Confronting Corruption and Illicit Flows

Moderator: Catriona Purfield

Opening Remarks: Dan Katz

Panelist: Christoph König

Panelist: Yan Liu

Panelist: Felix Nkulukusa

Panelist: Fayval Williams

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Moderator: Catriona Purfield

Opening Remarks: Dan Katz

Panelist: Christoph König

Panelist: Yan Liu

Panelist: Felix Nkulukusa

Panelist: Fayval Williams