Sailendra Pattanayak

Division Chief of the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department’s Public Financial Management (PFM) II Division

Sailendra Pattanayak is Division Chief of the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department’s Public Financial Management (PFM) II Division. He is responsible for delivering capacity development in Asia Pacific, Non-Anglophone Africa, Latin America and Caribbean regions, and for policy development in PFM. He has extensive experience in PFM, public investment management, digitalization/GovTech, fiscal transparency, and fiscal governance issues covering the wider public sector. He has a strong track record of providing impactful advice to Fund member countries and has been a lead contributor to several IMF policy papers and other publications – including as editor of IMF-led books – on a broad range of fiscal topics. Prior to joining the IMF, he held senior positions in the Indian federal government, including at the ministry of finance and a large ministry on public infrastructure. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) in India, and master’s degrees in public administration and public policy respectively from the École nationale d'administration (ENA) and Sciences-Po in Paris, France.