Bruno S. Sergi is a Center Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. Concurrently, he teaches international economics at the University of Messina. Previously, he has taught and done research at New York University and the International Monetary Fund, among others. He has been an honorary fellow of the School of Social and Political Sciences (2010-2011) and a fellow of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne (1999-2009). He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, the International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, and the International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance. Sergi holds an MSc and MPhil in economics from the University of London and a PhD in economics from the University of Greenwich Business School, London.

Fabian M. Teichmann is chair of Teichmann International AG. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics and finance from Bocconi University (Italy) and graduate degrees in general management from Harvard University (USA) and in law as well as in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Before founding Teichmann International AG, Dr Teichmann held various leading positions both in Switzerland and abroad. He holds a PhD in law from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and he is a Doctor of Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Kassel (Germany).