Please see Mr. Bert van Selm bio below:
Bert van Selm is the new IMF Resident Representative in Jamaica. He has been with the IMF since 2000, working as economist and senior economist on country teams for Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Nigeria, and as deputy division chief in the Fund’s Strategy, Policy and Review department. He also served as the Fund’s Resident Representative in FYR Macedonia from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining the Fund, van Selm was a lecturer in international economics at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands (1995-1998) and coordinator for IMF affairs at the Dutch Ministry of Finance (1998-2000). He has a PhD in economics from the University of Groningen, also in the Netherlands. He has published numerous articles and one book: The Economics of Soviet Break-up (Routledge, 1997).
