Rustam Jamilov is an MSc Economics candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Previously, he worked as Economist at the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Adjunct Lecturer at Azerbaijan State Economic University. He was also a National Macroeconomic Consultant for the United Nations Development Program. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Central European University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics and Management from Bocconi University. In Fall 2010, he was a visiting student at Dartmouth College. Rustam's research interests are international macroeconomics, monetary theory and policy, banking and finance, and economic integration.