Philipp Krause specializes in public finance and public administration. He is a co-founder of the Global Public Finance Lab and board secretary of the African Economic Research Consortium. He has held management positions at CABRI (Africa’s network of senior budget officials), the Gates Foundation, and ODI. He has also worked for the German and Mexican governments, and the World Bank.

He holds an MA from the University of Potsdam and a PhD from the LSE. Philipp covered everything from macro-fiscal policy to procurement and performance budgeting but remains most interested in ministries of finance.

K P Krishnan has worked for over 37 years in the IAS in the Union Govt, Govt of Karnataka and the World Bank. In parallel he has been a strong researcher and academic. He held the Bok Visiting Professorship of Regulation at University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012-13, served as IEPF Chair Professor of Economics at the National Council of Applied Economic Research and as Honorary Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research.

He is at present a Distinguished Fellow at the Isaac Centre for Public Policy Ashoka University. Besides, he is also an independent Director on the Boards of Shriram Capital Private Limited, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, Tata Consumer Product Limited and a few not-for-profit institutions working in the areas of education and public health.

Dr. Krishnan was educated in Economics at St. Stephens College and Law at the Campus Law Centre University of Delhi. He holds academic degrees in Economics & Law.

Kumar Venkataraman is Professor of Finance and Maguire Chair in Energy Management at the Cox School of Business, where he directs the Maguire Energy Institute and the Kyle Miller Energy Management Program. He earned his Ph.D. in Finance from Arizona State University and chaired the Finance Department from 2012–2015. From 2017–2021, he served on the SEC’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. His research on market microstructure and trading appears in leading academic finance journals and is referenced in major regulatory filings. He consulting clients include FINRA, the US CFTC and the U.S. Department of Justice, among others.