Patricio E. Merlani

About Patricio E. Merlani

Mr. Patricio Merlani is an international expert on macro, fiscal and debt policy, public financial management, asset management and macro-financial strategy, with more than 15-working experience, working both on the public and private sector, and serving twice as Undersecretary of Argentina’s National Government. He served as Undersecretary of Finance of Argentina, as Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as CFO of Fonplata Development Bank (20••••18), asr Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, and Global Economist and Portfolio Manager at Tilton Capital (20••••14). He was a Public Service Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. As Undersecretary of Finance of Argentina, he co-designed and issued all local and foreign legislation debt of Argentina for 40 US$ billion, Latin Finance awarded his team as the Sovereign Issuer of year 2017. He co-drafted and signed collateralized repurchase agreements (REPOs) for more than 6 billion US dollars. He supervised debt sustainability analysis (DSA) and managed relations with rating agencies. He hosted international investor meetings and participated on Deal-Roadshows at New York and Los Angeles. As Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance of Argentina, he coordinated a high-skilled team who resumed debt-issuance activity in global markets after a decade. He coordinated, co-drafted and negotiated the 2017 National Budget. As Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Finance Committee at the Argentina Congress- he drafted bills to reform the Central Bank and the Financial System. As Global Macroeconomist and Investment Specialist at Tilton capital, he researched on macro-financial topics: creating a surprise indexes for US, Europe and Asia, defining macro strategies on G-20 and Emerging Markets, acting as central bank \"watcher\", monitoring the FED, ECB and Latin America Central Banks policies, developing FX models and drafting presentations for local and foreign investors.As, as CFO of Fonplata, he drafted a comprehensive financial policies reform increasing lending and borrowing capacity substantially, changing the member countries exposure limits and setting the ground for the membership expansion: turning FONPLATA from a Fund into a Development Bank.

Experience

1. Senior Economist at Global Macro and Debt Unit

   The World Bank Group

   Feb 2024 — Present · DC, US

Education

• University of Buenos Aires

  Bachelor in Economics, Economics

  1998 — 2003

• Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

  Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance, International Finance

• Columbia | SIPA

  Executive Program on Macro-Financial Policymaking in Emerging Markets, Finance and Macroeconomics

  2017 — 2017

• Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

  Master in Finance, Financial Markets and Banking

  2006 — 2007

• Harvard Kennedy School

  Master in Public Administration (MPA), Macroeconomics, Development, Finance and Public Policy

  2014 — 2016

• IE Business School

  IE Business School - ICO: V International Program for Financial Institutions´ Executives, Finanzas, general

  2017 — 2017

Skills

• Matlab
• Macroeconomics
• Emerging Markets
• Eviews
• Banking Law
• Foreign Exchange
• Fixed Income
• Banking
• Visual Basic
• Financial Analysis
• Excel
• Investment Banking
• Commercial Banking
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Options
• Bloomberg
• Financial Modeling
• Capital Markets
• Bond Markets
• Outlook
• Word