Arnór Sighvatsson has been Deputy Chief Economist at the Central Bank of Iceland since 1995. From 1993-95 he was assistant to an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund in Washington and he has also worked as an instructor at Northern Illinois University, where he earned a PhD in Economics in 1990.

Arnór Sighvatsson has written extensively for academic and central banking journals in Iceland, mainly focusing on global economics, global trade, exchange rate issues and monetary economics.

In addition to publishing his research in international academic journals Professor Baldursson has written extensively on Icelandic economic affairs both locally and in international fora. Baldursson has participated in public policy making in Iceland since the late 1990s and has, in particular, contributed to policies on utilisation and management of Iceland‘s marine and energy resources. In early October 2008 Professor Baldursson was recruited by the Prime Minister‘s Office to lead negotiations with the IMF on Iceland‘s behalf.

One of the world’s most distinguished macro economists, Willem previously was Professor of Political Economy at the London School of Economics and is a widely published author on economic affairs in books, professional journals and the press. Between 2005 and 2010, he was an advisor to Goldman Sachs advising clients on a global basis. Prior to this, Willem was Chief Economist for the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development between 2000 and 2005 and from 1997 and 2000 a founder external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. He has been a consultant to the IMF, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the European Commission and an advisor to many central banks and finance ministries.

Willem has held a number of other leading academic positions, including Cassel Professor of Money & Banking at the LSE between 1982 and 1984, Professorships in Economics at Yale University in the US between 1985 and 1994, and Professor of International Macroeconomics at Cambridge University in the UK between 1994 and 2000. Willem has B.A. in Economics from Cambridge University and a PhD in Economics from Yale University. He has been a member of the British Academy since 1998 and was awarded the CBE in 2000 for services to economics.

1985 Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, USA, Ph.D. in statistics and applied probability 1994 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. M.Sc. in economics 1979 Department of Mathematics, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, B.Sc. in mathematics and mathematical statistics 1976-1978 Department of Mathematics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Courses in mathematics, statistics, operations research and computer science 1981 Reykjavik College of Music, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1979 1981. Violin solo diploma

He was previously the IMF mission chief for Denmark and Estonia and prior to that headed the missions to Macedonia and Bosnia Herzegovina.

He was the IMF Resident Representative to Poland (1997-2000) and Bulgaria (1995-97). Prior to joining the IMF he was an Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University.

Mr. Rozwadowski holds a PhD from Columbia University.

Mr. Stiglitz served as a World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President in development economics from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, he served on President Clinton's economic team as Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors from 1993 to 1997.

In 2001, Mr. Stiglitz accepted a joint chaired professorship at Columbia Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (in the Department of Economics) and the School of International and Public Affairs.

In October 2001, Mr. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. He has been a fellow of the Econometric Society since the age of 29, and is a member of the National Academy of Science. He also received the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal. He was a Fulbright Scholar and a Tapp Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge University in 1970.