PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name, first name:	SZÉKELY, István Pál
Nationality:		Hungarian
Contact: 		International Monetary Fund, European Department
		Room HQ9-302, 700 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC., 20431
		Tel: (202) 623-5684,  Fax: (202) 623-4377, Email: iszekely@imf.org, Web site: www.istvanpszekely.com

EDUCATION
1989-1992		University of Cambridge, UK, PhD in Economics (1994)
1990		Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Habilitation in Economics (1990)
1982-1983 		Budapest University of Economics, PhD in Economics, Summa cum laude (1983)
1977-1982		Budapest University of Economics, MA in Economics, Honors Degree (1982)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999-		International Monetary Fund, European I Department, Central European II Division, Deputy Division Chief
1983-		Budapest University of Economics, associate professor, Department of Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 
1996-1999		National Bank of Hungary, Economics and Research Department, general manager and advisor to the governor
1992-1996		United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, New York, USA
1985-1987		University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Research fellow, Bonn-IIASA Research Project on Economic Growth and Structural

CONSULTANCIES AND VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
1998		European Commission, DGII, Brussels, Belgium, Consultant
1996		European Commission, DGII, Brussels, Belgium, Consultant 
1995		European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Office of the Chief Economist, Consultant  
1991 		Wesleyan University, CT. USA, Hewett Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics 
1990		European Commission, DGII, Brussels, Belgium, Consultant

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-editor of the Comparative Economic Studies
Associate Editor of the Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Research Associate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, United Kingdom