Paul Leonovich

About Paul Leonovich

Senior manager with a 25+ year track record of delivering results. A strategic leader skilled at managing through crisis and turning troubled organizations into success stories. Expert at identifying and addressing weaknesses within individual banking institutions and financial sectors, including the development of sound policy and operational responses to financial crises.Languages: English (native) • Russian • FrenchSpecialties: • Bank & Corporate Restructuring• Reorganization & Turnaround Management• Emerging Market Analysis • Banking & Financial Sector Assessment• Mobile Banking/Mobile Payments• International Negotiations• Business Development• Business Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting• Process Re-engineering and Improvement• Strategic & Change Management• Project Management

Experience

1. Senior Financial Sector Expert

   International Monetary Fund

   Apr 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Monetary and Capital Markets DepartmentFinancial Crisis Preparedness and Management DivisionResponsible for responding to financial crises globally, serving as a financial sector technical expert on country teams, and leading technical assistance missions to central banks and bank resolution agencies. Preparing position papers and training of staff on contingency planning for financial institutions relative to the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving as the financial sector expert on the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union team (previously on the Mongolia and San Marino country teams), providing technical backstopping to the Liberia team and episodically supporting the Iraq and Sierra Leone teams. Serve as Mission Chief for the Division\'s Bank Restructuring and Resolution courses delivered via the Fund\'s training centers around the world. Served on the Innovation Lab’s Big Data for Surveillance project which uses SWIFT data to provide indicators of possible money laundering concerns.

Education

• Boston University

  BA, International Relations (Soviet Studies) and History (19th Century Russian Intellectual History)

  1986 — 1990

• The George Washington University

  M.A., International Finance/Banking, Transition Economics, Russian Studies

  1992 — 1995

Skills

• Financial Analysis
• Portfolio Management
• French
• Financial Sector Development
• Bank Restructuring
• Business Planning
• Change Management
• Negotiation
• International Development
• Management
• Public Sector Financial Management
• Management Consulting
• Emerging Markets
• Banking
• Forecasting
• Russian
• Policy Analysis
• Cycling
• Mobile Banking
• Hapkido
• Policy
• Economics