Dmitri Gourfinkel is a Senior Governance Specialist at the World Bank Institutions Global Department. He has 21 years of professional experience in public financial management and fiduciary compliance in a number of countries in Latin America and Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia and Middle East and North Africa regions, focusing specifically on public sector accounting, and financial and sustainability reporting agendas. Before joining the Bank in 2007, Mr. Gourfinkel held several posts in both national and sub-national governments in Mexico, including federal Ministry of Finance and Supreme Audit Institution of Mexico City. He is an author of several articles published in specialized magazines, including Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management and Mexico’s Public Accounting and Executives in Finance Journals. He is a Certified Public Accountant by Mexican Institute of Charter Accountants and holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.