Natalia Kryg, Ph.D., is a Principal Economist at the EBRD’s Independent Evaluation Department (IEvD). She co-led the evaluation of the EBRD’s COVID-19 response and, as an IMF secondee, contributed to the evaluation of the IMF’s pandemic response. She led the evaluation of the EBRD’s support for MREL bail-in-able instruments, generating insights on financial resilience and banking regulatory implementation.
Natalia is currently co-leading a thematic evaluation of the EBRD’s activities in Advanced Transition Economies, focusing on additionality and demonstration effects. She has authored knowledge papers on a variety of topics, most recently on financial sector resilience, additionality, and cooperation among international financial institutions. Earlier in her career, she served as an investment banking analyst in the private sector. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from University College London and is a published author with expertise in crisis and impact evaluations, financial stability, bank resolutions, and development aid effectiveness.
