Biagio Bossone, a former official of the Banca d’Italia, has served as financial policy adviser to the World Bank and has been a member of the IMF Executive Board and Executive Director of the World Bank Group. He has advised the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF on aspects of corporate governance, and the World Bank on financial sector development projects. Currently, he advises governments and private corporations on project finance and financial modernisation programmes, and is adviser to the High Level Commission, led by Ernesto Zedillo, established by the World Bank to work on reforming the governance of the institution. He has authored various academic and policy studies in the areas of money and banking, international and development finance, and global financial governance.