Ben Kelmanson was appointed Director of the Joint Vienna Institute in August 2025. He was previously the Head of the IMF’s Offices in Argentina (2022 to 2025) and Türkiye (2018-2022). In these roles, and as IMF Mission Chief for...Read more >>

Thomas Harjes joined the JVI as Deputy Director in July 2025. Previously, he was a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) where he was engaged in the delivery, planning, monitoring, and budgeting...Read more >>

Eugen Tereanu joined the JVI as a Senior Economist in July 2025, after previously working as a Principal Financial Stability Expert at the European Central Bank (ECB). Eugen started his career at the International Monetary Fund...Read more >>

Patrick Imam has been the JVI Deputy Director for the last four years. As he prepares to return to the IMF in Washington D.C., we spoke with him about the evolution of the JVI, the challenges and opportunities of the past four...Read more >>

The primary purpose of macrofinancial risk analysis, including quantitative tools of risk assessment, such as stress tests, is to assess ability of financial institutions to withstand severe economic and financial shocks, ensure...Read more >>