Fabio Scacciavillani is the Chief Economist of the Oman Investment Fund and member of the Investment Committee. Previously he was Director of Macroeconomics and Statistics at the Dubai International Financial Centre, Head of Economic Research, at the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting in Doha, a GCC regional institution focused on economic diversification of member states. He also served as Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International, from 2001 to 2003; Senior Economist and Adviser in the Research Directorate of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 1998 to 2001 and as an economist in various departments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1992 to 1998. He has published several papers and is frequently quoted on international and regional media. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.