IMF and St. Kitts and Nevis Organize Fourth Regional Caribbean Forum Focusing on “Financing Growth”
Mr. Min ZHU assumed the position of Deputy Managing Director on July 26, 2011. Previously he served as Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from May 3, 2010 to July 25, 2011.
Mr. Zhu, a native of China, was a Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China. He was responsible for international affairs, policy research, and credit information. Prior to his service at China’s central bank, he held various positions at the Bank of China where he served as Group Executive Vice president, responsible for finance and treasury, risk management, internal control, legal and compliance, and strategy and research. Mr. Zhu also worked at the World Bank and taught economics at both Johns Hopkins University and Fudan University.
Mr. Zhu received a Ph.D and an M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University,
Mr. Min ZHU assumed the position of Deputy Managing Director on July 26, 2011. Previously he served as Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from May 3, 2010 to July 25, 2011.
Mr. Zhu, a native of China, was a Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China. He was responsible for international affairs, policy research, and credit information. Prior to his service at China’s central bank, he held various positions at the Bank of China where he served as Group Executive Vice president, responsible for finance and treasury, risk management, internal control, legal and compliance, and strategy and research. Mr. Zhu also worked at the World Bank and taught economics at both Johns Hopkins University and Fudan University.
Mr. Zhu received a Ph.D and an M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University,
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in collaboration with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis will hold a high-level Forum on “Financing Growth” in the Caribbean on September 3-4, 2015 in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts. Complementing the objectives of previous meetings, the event will focus on issues critical for growth and competitiveness: reducing energy costs and financing national energy strategies, and banking sector issues such as including improving access to credit for the productive sector.
The Forum -in its fourth edition- will bring together Prime Ministers, finance ministers, central bank governors, and other high-ranking officials from Caribbean countries, as well as senior officials from the IMF, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank and donors.
“Building on the main takeaways of last year’s event, the focus of the Forum in St. Kitts will be on strategies to address the high cost of energy production and distribution, and banking sector issues including the need to provide businesses with appropriate financing opportunities,” Mr. Alejandro Werner, Director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, said. “The Forum has been an important platform for collaboration and advancing solutions for Caribbean authorities, the donor community and IFIs and I am looking forward to our discussions on these important topics,” he stated.
The Honorable Dr. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of St. Kitts and Nevis, will open the conference on September 3.
The Honorable Dr. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of St. Kitts and Nevis, will open the conference on September 3. The IMF delegation will be headed by Mr. Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director of the Fund, and Mr. Alejandro Werner, Director of the department overseeing IMF activities in the Caribbean, and in North America and South America. Mr. Zhu will also meet with St. Kitts and Nevis Government officials, private sector representatives and students in separate events on September 2.
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