Economic growth and resilience in Europe

James John

Director, Offices in Europe and Senior Resident Representative to the EU

International Monetary Fund

James John is director of offices in Europe and senior resident representative to the EU at the International Monetary Fund. John served most recently as mission chief for Georgia and as an adviser to IMF managing directors Christine Lagarde and Kristalina Georgieva. He was also deputy division chief for advanced economies where he focused on the euro area, mission chief for Slovakia and assistant to the director.

Peter Praet

Member, Executive Board

European Central Bank (2011-19)

Former ECB Executive Board member and Chief economist from 2011 to 2019. He was responsible for preparing the monetary policy meetings and making the proposals for the policy decisions and communication. Previously he was Executive Board member of the central bank of Belgium, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Finance of Belgium, Chief economist of Générale de Banque (then Fortis Bank), economist at the International Monetary Fund, Professor of Economics at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He has served on several high-level international and European committees, in the BIS, the European Union and the OECD.

Peter Praet is currently Senior Fellow, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Distinguished Fellow CEPR.