Ramin Toloui

Ramin Toloui
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development
In office 2014–2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Charles Collyns
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Okamoto
Personal details
Born	Ramin Toloui Tehrani Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University (AB) Oxford University (M.Phil)

Ramin Toloui Tehrani or Ramin Toloui (Persian: رامین طلوعی تهرانی) is an American civil servant and financial advisor.

Early life and education

Toloui was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. He received an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.Phil from Balliol College at Oxford University.

Career

Toloui served as the global co-head of Emerging Markets Portfolio Management at PIMCO, a position he held since 2011, and chaired the firm’s Asia-Pacific Portfolio Committee since 2012. Toloui joined PIMCO in 2006 as a Portfolio Manager for emerging markets, adding responsibilities for global bond portfolios in 2009. Previously, Toloui held a variety of jobs at the Department of the Treasury, including Director of the Office of the Western Hemisphere from 2003 to 2006, Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary for International Affairs from 2001 to 2003, and Deputy Director and International Economist in the Office of Central and Southeastern Europe from 1999 to 2001.

Toloui was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 2014 to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development. In this position, Toloui was responsible for leading Department’s work on international monetary affairs, coordination with the G-20, and regional and bilateral economic issues.

Since leaving the Treasury Department, Toloui has worked as a professor of international finance and fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.