Ramin Toloui
Ramin Toloui Tehrani or Ramin Toloui (Persian: رامین طلوعی تهرانی) is an American academic, civil servant, and financial advisor.
Ramin Toloui | |
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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development | |
In office 2014–2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Charles Collyns |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Okamoto |
Personal details | |
Born | Ramin Toloui Tehrani Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) Oxford University (MPhil) |
Early life and education
Toloui was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. [1] He attended Iowa City High School. [2] He received an A.B. from Harvard University and an MPhil from Balliol College at Oxford University.[3][4][5][6]
Career
Toloui served as the global co-head of Emerging Markets Portfolio Management at PIMCO, a position he held since 2011, and chaired the firm’s Asia-Pacific Portfolio Committee since 2012. Toloui joined PIMCO in 2006 as a Portfolio Manager for emerging markets, adding responsibilities for global bond portfolios in 2009. Previously, Toloui held a variety of jobs at the Department of the Treasury, including Director of the Office of the Western Hemisphere from 2003 to 2006, Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary for International Affairs from 2001 to 2003, and Deputy Director and International Economist in the Office of Central and Southeastern Europe from 1999 to 2001.
Toloui was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 2014 to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development. In this position, Toloui was responsible for leading Department’s work on international monetary affairs, coordination with the G-20, and regional and bilateral economic issues.
Since leaving the Treasury Department, Toloui has worked as a professor of international finance and fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.[7]
In November 2020, Toloui was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of State.[8]
Resources
- "Statement by Ramin Toloui Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance U.S. Senate Committee on Finance" (PDF).
- Scandrett, Katrina. "City High Alum sworn into U.S. Department of Treasury".
- Ramin Toloui Confirmed as Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Finance treasury.gov 11/20/2014
- ... Hearing to consider the nominations of D. Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Lael Brainard, resigned; Ramin Toloui finance.senate.gov
- PIMCO's Toloui Treasury-Bound, Steps Down From 2 Funds finance.yahoo.com
- Ramin Toloui-Tehrani investing.businessweek.com
- "Ramin Toloui | SIEPR". siepr.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.