Ousmène Mandeng, Director, Economics Advisory, is a highly rated and recognised thought leader on digital monies and the digital transformation in payments. He is a Senior Advisor to Accenture and has worked on leading central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects including E-Krona, Jura, Khokha 2, mBridge, and Digital Euro.

Ousmène has over 20 years of experience in finance and international organisations. He was a managing director at Prudential Financial and UBS Investment Bank, leading the global coverage of official financial institutions. He also worked at the International Monetary Fund, last serving as Deputy Division Chief coordinating work on IMF lending policies and the use of IMF resources in Latin America, including as a Resident Representative.

He has contributed to the financial press, including the Financial Times and The American Banker, and writes for the Bretton Woods Committee blog. He regularly presents at leading international forums on digital monies and the international financial system.

Ousmène is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Fellow of the Reinvention Bretton Woods Committee, and a Member of the Bretton Woods Committee and Robert Triffin International. He is fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish. He holds an MPhil in economics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the LSE.