Public Debt Management and Investor Relations

Thordur (Thor) Jonasson serves as Deputy Division Chief in the Debt Capital Markets Division of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he brings extensive expertise in sovereign debt management and financial markets. His career spans over three decades across public and private sectors, with significant contributions to debt management practices globally. Before his current role at the IMF, which he assumed in 2018, Jonasson worked at the World Bank, focusing on developing public and private debt markets and participating in the Financial Sector Assessment Program. His experience includes advising governments and agencies in nearly 60 countries across all major regions. Jonasson played a pivotal role in establishing Iceland's National Debt Management Agency, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. In the private sector, he worked as Managing Director at Askar Capital Investment Bank and as an independent consultant, advising municipalities and state-owned corporations on debt management and treasury operations. His academic background includes studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned an MBA in Finance, and the University of Iceland, where he completed his Cand. Oecon in Economics and Accounting. Jonasson has published extensively on asset and liability management, sovereign debt restructuring, and capital market development, contributing significantly to the field's literature and best practices.