Emerging Markets Forum

The Emerging Markets Forum

Abbreviation	EMF
Headquarters	Washington, DC
co-chair	Fidel Valdez Ramos
co-chair	Haruhiko Kuroda
co-chair	Michel Camdessus
Parent organization	Centennial Group Inc.

The Emerging Markets Forum (EMF) is an accredited non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing dialogue on economic, financial, and social issues facing emerging market economies. EMF advocates for increased dialogue between government and corporate leaders through its global forum events. Its motto is "Bringing people together to accelerate growth and well-being in emerging markets."

The Emerging Markets Forum was founded in 2005 by the leaders of Centennial Group International. The President and CEO of the Emerging Markets Forum is Harinder Kohli, the Forum Manager is Sylvie Naville, the Deputy Forum Manager is Charlotte Hess, the Manager of Information Analytics is Harpaul Alberto Kohli, Dana Sleeper handles social media and websites, Gautam Kaji is Chairman of the board, and P.R. Narvekar is Founding Director. The co-Chairmen of the Forum are Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and now Honorary Governor of the Central Bank of France, Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank, and Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines.

The EMF hosts one global meeting and several regional meetings every year. Each meeting is structured around issues that are common to emerging market economies. The EMF commissions policy experts to write background papers, which provide a starting point for forum discussions. Participants come from both the private and public sectors to engage in open dialogue and implement solutions that will benefit emerging market economies.

Past events have taken place in Jakarta, Vietnam, Mumbai, Hanoi, Bogota, Montevideo, Oxford, Switzerland, Morocco, South Africa, and other locations. Topics of interest at meetings include infrastructure, financial systems and the financial crisis, corruption and governance, climate change, global imbalances, public-private partnerships, and decoupling, among others.

Sitting or former heads of state who have been participants include President Joseph Deiss (Switzerland), President Álvaro Uribe (Colombia), President Carlos Mesa (Bolivia), Prime Minister Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bangladesh), President José María Figueres (Costa Rica), President Horst Koehler (Germany), President Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), co-chair of the EMF President Fidel Valdez Ramos (Philippines), and Prime Minister Paul Martin (Canada).