Mesmin KOULET-VICKOT
Summary
Senior Economist with extensive experience on program design and monitoring in currency unions and fragile states. Versatile Senior Economist with strong analytical skills in macro-fiscal, central banking and financial sector issues. Proven managerial, policy judgement and problem-solving skills. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team and department goals.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Resident Representative for Senegal and the BCEAO
IMF, Dakar office
09.2020 - 08.2024
- Contributed to Senegal's IMF-supported programs: drafted MEFP and reviewed program documentation;
- Participated in the WAEMU's regional consultations missions:·
- Monitored and reported macroeconomic developments to HQ.
- Conducted outreach activities: media interviews ;conferences and seminars; REO outreach.
Mission Chief p.i. for Equatorial Guinea
International Monetary Fund
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Led the 2023 Article IV consultation (strategic meeting, policy note, PCM, Board presentation, outreach)
- Led two staff visits: Ex-Post Evaluation of the 2019 EFF arrangement and discussions on new engagement strategy with the country
- Managed a team of junior economists, providing mentorship
Senior Economist
IMF, Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM)
07.2016 - 08.2020
- Led TA missions to Mauritius and Brunei on financial safety nets (Early intervention, resolution regimes and depositor protection)
- Participated as MCM economist in UFR (Suriname, Ukraine) and near-crisis(Portugal) in country work on following topics: (i) financial safety nets ; and (ii) crisis management; (iii) macro-financial analysis
- Ran stress-test for Suriname's banking sector.
- Participated in the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) for Belgium: macro-financial analysis
- Reviewed financial sector issues of program documents for crisis and near-crisis countries
Senior Economist/Economist
IMF, African Department
08.2009 - 07.2016
- Carried out economic forecasting (Real, fiscal, external and monetary)
- Monitored and analyzed economic developments
- Ran Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) and conducted external stability assessment
- Coordinated macro-framework
- Drafted program documents
- Participated in preparation of HIPC Completion Point documents for Cote d'Ivoire
- Conducted analysis on topical issues (investment scaling-up, financial inclusion)
- One-off missions to DRC and Sierra Leone (BOP, Real and Monetary sectors)
Assistant to the Deputy Governor
BEAC (Regional Central Bank)
04.2005 - 07.2009
- Prepared briefs/attended meetings of regional Banking Commission (COBAC) and BEAC's Executive Board and Monetary Policy Committee
- Participated in working groups on reforms of reserve management and BEAC's governance.
- Co-drafted operational guidelines for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
- Taught Monetary Programming (Operational Issues) at BEAC's training institute
Economist
BEAC, Macroeconomic Department (Monetary Unit)
02.1999 - 03.2005
- Compiled and analyzed monetary statistics;
- Participated in the monetary programming exercise
- Contributed to the design of the multilateral surveillance framework for the CEMAC region (convergence criteria);
- Drafted notes and papers on various economic topics.
Education
International Development
University of Clermont-Ferrand I, Clermont School of Economics
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Native or Bilingual
Publications
- "Jump-Starting Growth in after the Pandemic ", with D. Stenzel, IMF Selected Issues Paper, 2021
- "Managing systemic banking crisis- New Lessons and Lessons relearned”. MCM departmental paper, IMF, 2019
- "Financial Conditions and Growth-at-Risk in Portugal", IMF Selected Issues Paper, 2018
- “Harnessing Resource Wealth for Inclusive Growth in Fragile Western African States”, with Corinne Delechat, Susan Yang et al., Journal of African Economies, Volume 26, Issue 2, 1 March 2017
- "Financial Inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Performances and Challenges", with K.P. Hellwig, IMF Selected Issues Paper, 2015
- “Financial Depth in the WAEMU: Benchmarking Against Frontier SSA Countries”, with C. Ahokpossi, K. Ismail, S. Karmakar, IMF Working paper/13/161, July 2013;
- “Predicting the risk of bank deterioration: A case study of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa”, with Kouezo B. and Yamb B., African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Research Paper 265, 2013
- “Analyse d'une relation cointegrante de demande de monnaie de la CEMAC ”- Notes d'Etudes et de Recherche-BEAC, 2002
Timeline
Mission Chief p.i. for Equatorial Guinea
International Monetary Fund
04.2023 - 01.2024
Resident Representative for Senegal and the BCEAO
IMF, Dakar office
09.2020 - 08.2024
Senior Economist
IMF, Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM)
07.2016 - 08.2020
Senior Economist/Economist
IMF, African Department
08.2009 - 07.2016
Assistant to the Deputy Governor
BEAC (Regional Central Bank)
04.2005 - 07.2009
Economist
BEAC, Macroeconomic Department (Monetary Unit)
02.1999 - 03.2005
International Development
University of Clermont-Ferrand I, Clermont School of Economics
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