Johannesburg - The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) said on
Monday that it had appointed Daniel Bradlow as the head of the
newly-established international economic relations and policy department‚ with
effect from February 1.
Bradlow’s key responsibilities would include providing
strategic direction to the department‚ monitoring and analysing developments in
international and regional institutions and forums.
Bradlow is currently the South African Research Chairs
Initiative professor of international development law and African economic
relations at the University of Pretoria and professor of law at American
University Washington College of Law.
He has worked as a consultant for a number of international
and regional development banks‚ international organisations‚ government
agencies and foundations and has conducted training programmes for officials
from central banks‚ ministries of finance‚ and other government departments
from a number of countries in Africa and Asia.
His experience includes research and writing about the
International Monetary Fund‚ the World Bank‚ G20‚ international financial
standard setting bodies‚ the legal aspects of debt and financial management‚
and aspects of negotiating and structuring of international financial and
business transactions. He has also served on expert working groups that have
been involved in policy-relevant research and advocacy activities related to
the governance of various international institutions.
He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand;
Northeastern University; Georgetown University; and holds an LLD (international
development law) from the University of Pretoria.
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