Biography of Martin Gilman Martin Gilman is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies at the State University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He is also a director of Rosbank, as well as a consultant to UBS in Moscow and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Previously he was with the International Monetary Fund for 24 years where he was assistant director in the IMF's policy department. His extensive experience with Russia began as the adviser from the policy department on the negotiating missions from June 1993, and then he moved to Russia in November 1996 as the director of the IMF's Moscow Office. Along with his close involvement in the Russian economy and policy issues for well over 14 years, he is married to Tatiana Malkina. They have two children. In addition to his Ph.D from the London School of Economics, Gilman attended the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, the School of Advanced International Studies of the John Hopkins University, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was born and raised in Memphis, graduating from Christian Brothers High School in 1966. |