Biography
Siddharth has served as head of the BIS Office for Asia in Hong Kong; as Executive Secretary of the G20 Eminent Persons Group in Singapore; and in senior management positions in the IMF including as Director of Strategy Policy and Review, Secretary of the IMF, Chief of Staff for the Managing Director, and Head of Country Operations in Africa.
His areas of expertise include the international financial system, IMF, G7 and G20, technology and finance, digital public infrastructure and data governance. He has extensive experience working in BRICs economies, south and southeast Asia as well as Africa.
At present, Siddharth is advising the Indian Sherpa for India’s G20 Presidency in 2023, the International Finance Forum in Beijing, and is an active member of The Trilateral Commission and the Bretton Woods Committee. Siddharth holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Masters from the London School of Economics.
Past experience
| 2018-22 | Head of the Asian Office, Bank for International Settlements, Hong Kong |
| 2017-18 | Executive Secretary, G20 Eminent Persons Group, Singapore |
| 2011-17 | Director of Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF |
| 2009-11 |
Secretary of the International Monetary Fund |
| 2004-07 | Head of Country Operations, African Department, IMF |