Speakers

• Professor Richard Auty - Feature Speaker
• Mr. Ewart Williams
• Professor Paul Stevens
• Ms. Valerie Mercer-Blackman
• Mr. Matthew Genasci
• Mr. Hunter Munroe
• Mr. Jason Joseph Cotton
• Dr. Wayne Bertrand
• Mr. Mark Regis
• Mr. Steven Greenleaf
• Mr. John Andrews
• Mr. Peter Mitchell

 

Mr. Matthew Genasci - Session 5 - Transparency and Accountability

 

Matthew Genasci heads the legal and economics team at the Revenue Watch Institute in New York.  He has a background in tax law and policy, having served as international tax counsel on the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance from 2003 to 2005.  Prior to that, he worked as an attorney in a Washington, D.C. law firm specializing in transactional tax planning and structured finance.  Matthew oversees Revenue Watch’s legal and economic research and its offer of advisory services to the governments of resource rich states.  He has worked with government officials in Africa, Latin America and Asia on the development of mineral laws and policies as well as the review and negotiation of mining contracts.  Matthew also supports Revenue Watch’s efforts to build parliamentary and oversight capacity in resource dependent countries through training.

 

Matthew previously worked as a consultant at the International Energy Agency in Paris, where he conducted research on the intersection of international trade law and climate change policies.  Matthew has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Masters degree in international relations and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.