Carolina Rentería is Chief of the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department’s (FAD) Public Financial Management (PFM) I Division. She is responsible for delivering PFM capacity development in Europe, Anglophone Africa, Middle East and Central Asia regions and developing a comprehensive PFM CD and analytical agenda in a range of topics including Fiscal Transparency. Prior to joining the IMF in 2016, she worked at the World Bank as Executive Director of the Board and Lead Economist for Africa. In Colombia she served as Minister of Planning, National Budget Director and Senior Advisor to the Fiscal Council. She holds a master’s degree from New York University on Public Administration and from Universidad de Los Andes in Economic Development.