Dubravko Mihaljek

Dubravko leads MED efforts to enhance outreach to central banks in Africa, central and eastern Europe and the Middle East. He coordinates MED engagement with European Union institutions, monitors global macro-financial and policy developments, and contributes to MED analysis of the global economy. He was Head of Operations (2019–22), Adviser (2018-19), Head of Macroeconomic Analysis (2011-18), Head of Emerging Markets (2010-11), Secretary to the Group of Governors from Small Open Economies (since 2009), and a Senior Economist in MED (1999-2010). Before joining the BIS, Dubravko was an Economist and Senior Economist in the Fiscal Affairs, European and Asian Departments of the IMF (1990-99), and an Assistant Research Fellow at the Economics Institute Zagreb (1982-89). He studied economics at the University of Pittsburgh (PhD, 1990), University of Minnesota (MA, 1986) and University of Zagreb (BA, 1981).

Fields of interest

• Macroeconomics
• International economics
• Public Finance