Dr. Warren Coats is currently a fellow of Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Applied Economics, Global Heath and the Study of Business enterprise who formerly worked at the International Monetary Fund as Chief of the Special Drawing Rights division and as director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. He specialises in monetary policy. Warrens has won the Central Banking magazine 2019 Award for Outstanding Contribution for Capacity Building of central banks, especially in demanding circumstances. He holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.