Romania’s representative at the International Monetary Fund and Senior Advisor to the IMF Executive Director
In office 26 August 2019 – 29 August 2023
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania
In office October 2014 – 26 August 2019
Minister Delegate for Budget, Ministry of Public Finance
In office 21 December 2012 – 27 August 2014
Deputy Minister of Public Finance
In office 16 May 2012 – 21 December 2012
Liviu Voinea (born 26 June 1975) has been Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank since March 1, 2024. Between August 2019 and August 2023 he was Romania's representative to the International Monetary Fund and Senior Advisor to the IMF Executive Director. In this capacity he was a member of the executive board of the International Monetary Fund. He also represented Montenegro to the IMF.
Prior to that, he was Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania between October 2014 and August 2019. In that capacity, he was a member of the European Systemic Risk Board, the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Commission, the International Relations Committee, the European Central Bank, the Financial Stability Board – Regional Consultative Group for Europe, the High Level Working Group on Regulatory of Sovereign Exposures.
He served as Minister Delegate for Budget between December 2012 and August 2014, member of the Romanian Government, responsible for budget and public debt. In that capacity he was Romania's representative to the Economic and Financial Council; Romania's Governor to the World Bank, EBRD and EIB. During his mandate, Romania exited the excessive deficit procedure, met the medium term objective of the structural deficit, issued Eurobonds with longest maturities to date (30 years for dollar-denominated bonds), build up a foreign exchange buffer, and reached investment grade from all major rating agencies. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Finance (May 2012 – December 2012), responsible for public policies.
He was also a member of the Principles Consultative Group of the Institute of International Finance and professor of International Economics and Macroeconomics at the Academy of Economic Studies (since 2013).
Education
Liviu Voinea graduated from Academy of Economics, Faculty of International Business. He has a Master of Science in Business Administration degree from Stockholm University, School of Business. In 2000 he obtained the Ph.D. in economics from the Academy of Economics, Faculty of Economics.
Awards
Romanian Academy's "Virgil Madgearu" Award in economic sciences, 2007 for the book Transnational corporations and global capitalism
Research
Liviu Voinea was post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, based in Seville, Spain (2004). After returning to Romania, he co-founded the Group of Applied Economics (GEA), where he was Director of Research and then executive director.
He published articles in journals such as Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of International Political Economy, Economics of Transition, as well as IMF Working Paper and World Bank Policy Research Working paper (details in the main publications and references sections). In 2021 he published a book on inflation, consumption and savings at Palgrave Macmillan (“Defensive Expectations. Reinventing the Phillips Curve as a Policy Mix”).
Voinea, L. "Revisiting Crisis Generators in Romania and other EU’s New Member States", Review of International Political Economy, vol. 20, no.4, 2013, pp. 979–1008.
Voinea, L., Mihăescu, F., "A contribution to the public-private wage inequality debate: the iconic case of Romania", Economics of Transition, vol.20 (2), 2012, pg. 315–337.
Voinea, L., (co-editor), "New Policy changes for European Multinationals", Vol. 7 Progress in International Business Research, 2012, pg. 119-135 (Liviu Voinea, Flaviu Mihaescu, Andrada Busuioc, "The Impact of Transaction Costs on Interest". Margins in the Romanian Banking Sector), and pg. 1-27 (Alain Verbeke, Rob van Tulder, Liviu Voinea, "New Policy Challenges for European Multinationals: A Resource Bundling Perspective"), pg. 467, Emerald, London
Voinea, L., Mihăescu, F., "The impact of flat tax on inequality. The case of Romania", Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting vol. XII, no.4, 2009, pg.19-41,
Voinea, L., The end of illusion economics: crisis and anti-crisis. A heterodox approach, Publica (in Romanian) 179 pg., 2009
Voinea, L. Stephan, L., "Market concentration and innovation in transnational corporations. Evidence from foreign affiliates in Central and Eastern Europe", in Progress in international business research (eds: Tiia Vassak, Jorma Larimo), Vol. 4, Research on knowledge, innovation and internationalization, 2009, Emerald, London, pg. 207–224, 271 pg.
Voinea, L., Mihăescu, F., "What Drives Foreign Banks to South East Europe?", Transformations in business and economics, vol. 57, no 3(15), Supplement C, 2008, pg.107–122.
Voinea, L., Transnational corporations and global capitalism, Polirom (in Romanian), 198 pg., 2007
Voinea, L., "Has CEFTA been a training ground for EU accession? The case of Romania", International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, vol.1, no.1, 2007, pg.53–68,
Voinea, L., "As Good as it Gets? FDI Dynamics and Impact in Romania" published in Foreign Direct Investment Policies in South East Europe, 2006, Jovancevic, R., Z.Sevic (Eds), pg.231–250, 329 pg., Greenwich University Press
Voinea, L. "Specialization without change: foreign direct investment and Romania’s foreign trade" in New economists about Romania's transition (coordinators: Mugur Isarescu, Daniel Daianu), pg.605–624, 624 pg., Enciclopedica (in Romanian), Collection National Bank Library, 2003.
Lisabona, September 2017, "Trade-offs in modern central banking" speaker at the Joint Banco de Portugal and ECB conference on risk management for central banks
Johns Hopkins University, November 2016 – "Macroeconomic developments in Romania"
Zurich, October 2016, conference"Monetary Policy, Macroprudential Regulation and Inequality", organized by Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Washington, October 2016, speaker at the JP Morgan Investor Seminar
Washington, October 2016, IMF/WB annual meetings
Vienna, January 2016, speaker at The Central & Eastern European Forum organized by Euromoney
Lima, October 2015, speaker at the JP Morgan Investor Seminar
St. Louis, September 2015, conference "Monetary Policy and the Distribution of Income and Wealth", organized by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Washington, June 2015, 15th Annual International Conference on Policy Challenges for the Financial Sector, Federal Reserve/WB/IMF
Tbilisi, May 2015, speaker at the EBRD Business Forum
Washington, April 2015, speaker at the JP Morgan Investor Seminar
Zagreb, March 2015, speaker at The Institute of Economics
Vienna, January 2015, speaker at The Central & Eastern European Forum organized by Euromoney
Warsaw, December 2014, speaker at the "New Member States Policy Forum" organized by IMF
Warsaw, May 2014, speaker at The Institute of International Finance (IIF) Conference "Annual Meeting of CEE CEOs"
Washington, April 2014, speaker at the JP Morgan Investor Seminar
Vienna, January 2014, speaker at The Central & Eastern European Forum organized by Euromoney
Vilnius, September 2013, speaker at The Eurofi Financial Forum
Krynica, September 2013, speaker at The Economic Forum
Stockholm, September 2012, guest speaker at the Stockholm School of Economics
Berlin, February 2012, guest speaker at the "Which Europe do we want?"conference, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Das Progressive Zentrum
Providence, New York, September 2011, guest lecturer – Brown University, Watson Institute
New Delhi, March 2011, IIF Annual Conference
Paris, March 2008, speaker at the OECD Global Forum on Investments
Bruxelles, April 2007, speaker at the Centre for European Policy Studies
Budapest, June 2006, guest lecturer at the Central European University
European International Business Academy Annual Conferences (Bucharest -2011,Porto -2010, Valencia -2009, Fribourg -2006, Ljubljana – 2004, Copenhagen – 2003)
