Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria

Family: married Suprapti McLeod; daughter, Dian McLeod

Education: BE (Civil), University of Melbourne 1971; BA, Economics, University of Melbourne 1973; PhD, Economics, Australian National University 1982

Career: Ross McLeod is Associate Professor, Indonesia Project, Economics Division in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU). He was Lecturer in Economics at ANU from 1982–84, and Fellow/Senior Fellow/Associate Professor, Indonesia Project, from 1992. Since 1984 he has been Managing Director of Ricardo, Smith Pty Ltd (economics and banking consultants). He has been working in and on Indonesia in various capacities – postgraduate student, consultant and academic researcher – since 1978 and speaks fluent Indonesian. His research interests relate to the economic crisis that began in Indonesia in mid-1997, with particular emphasis on analysing its causes, how it was handled (particularly the role of the IMF), and how similar occurrences might be prevented in the future. He also has a strong interest in monetary and exchange rate policy, financial sector policies, privatization, corruption and public sector reform in Indonesia. Ross McLeod was Associate Editor of Agenda from 2001–05 and has been Editor of the journal Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (see url below) since 1998.

Publications include: numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: The Editor, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Economics Division RSPAS, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; Tel: +61 (0)2 6125-2183; Fax: +61 (0)2 6257-1893; Email: ross.mcleod@anu.edu.au ; Email: editor.bies@anu.edu.au ; Website: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/ip/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00074918.asp/ .