Former Chief, China Division, International Monetary Fund. Currently, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University. Concurrently: New Century Chair in International Economics, Brookings Institution; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research. Recent books include "The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance", "Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi", and "The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance." Creator of the Brookings-Financial Times world index (TIGER: Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery). Op-eds published in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.