Ilian Mihov

Ilian Mihov (born 1966, Samokov, Bulgaria) (Bulgarian: Илиян Михов) is a Bulgarian economist and the Dean and Novartis Chair of Management and Environment at INSEAD.^[1][2][3][4]

His expertise is in macroeconomic questions, especially regarding monetary policy, fiscal policy, and economic growth.

He is a fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research.

He has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Banque de France's Research Foundation, the Advisory Board of the Bulgarian National Bank, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council.^[5]

In 2010, after serving as an economic adviser to the Bulgarian Government, he was appointed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to be Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Bulgaria's efforts to join the Eurozone and of coordinating EU funding,^[6] but never took up the position.

Professor Mihov is a native of Bulgaria, who was educated in the United States, at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business that in 2006 recognized him as a Distinguished Young Alumnus, obtaining his Ph.D degree in Economics at Princeton University, under the guidance of ex Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, Ben Bernanke, with whom he collaborated on several influential articles.^[7][8]

Professor Mihov currently resides in Singapore.

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