Alberto F. Jiménez de Lucio is a seasoned economist with over four decades of experience in international finance and statistics. His career spans multiple prestigious institutions, beginning with 15 years at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru's Economic Studies Division, followed by four and a half years as Project Manager for Mexico and Central America at the World Bank. After serving as an Alternate Executive Director at the IMF, he took on the role of General Advisor to the Governor of Tonga's central bank. His most significant contribution came during his 20-year tenure as Senior Economist in the IMF's Government Finance Division, where he authored the Government Finance Statistics Compilation Guide for Developing Countries and provided extensive technical assistance to member countries

Hendrik Tillmann-Zorn is a seasoned Public Finance expert at the International Monetary Fund, specializing in Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and technical assistance. His expertise spans fiscal statistics and public sector debt, providing training and technical support across Asia, the Pacific, South East Europe, and West Africa. His academic foundation includes a PhD from the International Max Planck Research School in Cologne, where he focused on economic sociology and became an expert in fiscal statistics. Prior to his IMF role, he served as a senior management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, primarily in financial services. His career path includes founding a business video production firm in 2012. As an IMF GFS expert, he has contributed significantly to improving government finance statistics worldwide, participating in technical assistance missions and capacity development projects. His work includes supporting countries in developing GFS frameworks, improving data compilation processes, and enhancing fiscal statistics reporting. Tillmann-Zorn's expertise is particularly evident in his role as a key contributor to IMF's educational initiatives on government finance statistics, where he helps countries implement international standards for fiscal reporting and sector classification.

Ethan Weisman is a seasoned international economist with a distinguished career spanning over 25 years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His academic background includes a Masters in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate from the Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development in Geneva, Switzerland. Weisman's expertise encompasses macroeconomics, government finance, and statistical analysis, with a focus on economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. At the IMF, he held key positions including Deputy Chief of the Government Finance Division and Division Chief in the Resource Management unit, where he developed the IMF Results-Based Management framework. His contributions extend to technical assistance and training in national accounts, prices, government finance, and balance of payments statistics. Weisman's career also includes teaching graduate courses at the Australian National University and serving as Lead Economist and Poverty Reduction and Economic Manager for the World Bank in Brazil. Since 2017, he has worked as an independent economic consultant, notably contributing to the development of the IMF's online course on government finance statistics. Weisman's multilingual skills in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French have facilitated his global impact in economic policy and education.

David Bailey is a senior economist in the Government Finance Division of the IMF's Statistics Department since 2019, bringing a unique blend of expertise from his decade-long tenure as Deputy Director for the Public Sector Division at the UK's Office for National Statistics, where he managed the compilation and dissemination of the UK's public sector finance statistics. His academic foundation in Natural Sciences with a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Cambridge, combined with his experience in computational physics, provides him with a distinctive analytical perspective in his current role. As a fellow of the UK's Royal Statistical Society, Bailey has successfully transitioned through various statistical domains, including seven years in education statistics before specializing in government finance and public sector debt statistics. His contributions at the IMF include providing technical assistance and training on government finance statistics and public sector debt statistics across multiple countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, helping nations enhance their fiscal reporting capabilities and align with international statistical standards. His work encompasses developing bridge tables between national budget codes and international statistical standards, demonstrating his commitment to improving global financial reporting practices and statistical methodologies.