Talal Rafi is an Economist and Expert Member of the World Economic Forum. He is currently a Consultant on Economic Policy at the Asian Development Bank, and also a Regular Columnist for the International Monetary Fund. He was a member of the Deloitte Global Economist Network and Deloitte’s Global ESG Operations team. He serves on the Board of Sri Lanka’s state foreign policy think tank, the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Banking Studies, Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He serves on an Advisory Committee at the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka and is on the Enterprise Operations Committee at Moratuwa University. He is also a Consultant at the Seed Program of Stanford University. He has given talks globally including at the NASDAQ Center, S&P Global and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and is a regular contributor in thought leadership for the Davos Agenda. His work has been published by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, World Economic Forum, London School of Economics, UNFCCC, Chatham House London, Deloitte and Forbes.