Carol Newman
Board Chair
Professor, Department of Economics
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Board of directors
Since 2013, PEP's international Board of Directors is in charge of determining broad strategic directions for the organization, defining the lines of action and institutional composition (approval/selection of partners and directors), providing oversight and monitoring the overall performance in achieving organizational goals.
The Board is composed of seven voting members – distinguished researchers and global experts in economic policy and policy analysis – and the Executive Director as an ex-officio member, and holds two official meetings annually, including one in person during the PEP Annual Conference. The current members are presented below.
Dominique van de Walle
Board Member
PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE (CHAIR)
Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development
Visiting Professor, Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies, University of Malaya
Malaysia
Go Shimada
Board Member
FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE (CHAIR)
Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University
Japan
Jane Mariara
Executive Director
Board of Directors - Ex-Officio Member
Kenya
Rohinton Medhora
Board Member
FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Professor of Practice
Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University
Canada
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Board Member
PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
Ethiopia
Ingrid Woolard
Board Member
FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Dean, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Antoni Estevadeordal
Board Member
PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
Resident Fellow, Georgetown Americas Institute
Georgetown University
United States of America
Former Members
Haroon Bhorat, Development Policy Research Unit, Cape Town University, South Africa (2017-2022)
Fred Carden, Principal, Using Evidence Inc., Canada (2017-2022)
John Harriss, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2013-2016)
Ponciano Intal Jr., Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia (2013-2016)
Pramila Krishnan, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (2013-2019)
Santiago Levy, Senior Fellow (Non-resident) Brookings Institution, Mexico (2018-2024)
Nora Lustig, Tulane University, United States (2017-2018)
Marie-Claude Martin, Alliance for Human Development, Canada (2013-2019)
Hanan Morsy, Chief Economist, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2019-2022)
Mustapha K. Nabli, North Africa Bureau of Economic Studies, Tunisia (2013-2019)
Stephen Wainaina, Development and Public Policy Consultant, Kenya (2013-2016)
Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University, United States (2013-2017)
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University, China (2018-2021)
Notes: Dates inclusive. The affiliations indicated are those held during their mandates as members of the PEP Board of Directors.
