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The 2026 David Nummy Award was presented to Mark Gallagher by ICGFM President, Reginald W. Mitchell.
This year’s ICGFM International Conference theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session - Sovereign, Finite and Exhaustible Natural Resources: Facilitating Win - Win Solutions for Host States and Investors, was presented by:
David Hesse, Partner, Hunton, Andrews and Kurth, UK
Jacqueline Khoury, Independent Energy Consultant, US
FACILITATOR:
Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
A big thank you to John Hanley, ICGFM Vice President of Programs, for leading such engaging and insightful wrap-up sessions during #ICGFM2026
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session - Government Owned Entities – Achieving Sustainability and Resilience, was presented by:
-Tetiana Iefymenko, President, Academy of Financial Management, Ministry of Finance, Ukraine
-Ben Campbell, Director, Environmental and Social Performance, Millennium Challenge Corporation
FACILITATOR:
-John Hanley, ICGFM Vice President of Programs
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Keynote Session - The Economics of Urbanism, was presented by Joe Minicozzi, Principal and Founder, @UrbanThree.
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session Financial Management Challenges Facing Subnational Governments: How States in the U.S. Must Navigate Significant Budget Cuts and Revenue Growth Decline was presented by:
-Jared Walczak, Senior Fellow, Tax Foundation, Washington, DC
-Brian Sigritz, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), Washington, DC
-Kim Rueben, National Tax Association
-Norton Francis, Public Finance Consultant
FACILITATOR:
-Sherry Khan, ICGFM, Vice President of Training
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session Untapped Value: Innovative Approaches to Developing Public Assets was presented by:
-Tatiana Sainati, Partner, Wiley Rein Law, Washington, DC
-Katerina Drisi, Head of Capacity Building, Restitution Impact, NY
-James W. Head, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, DC
FACILITATOR:
-Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Keynote Session - Government Asset Management and Accounting in India, was presented by:
Ms. T.C.A. Kalyani, Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Government of India :
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session AI and Global Supply Chain Risk: Implications of Strategic Trade Chokepoints for Public Financial Management was presented by:
-Amir Azar, Founder and CEO, AgentixEdge
FACILITATOR:
-Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session Strategic Transport Corridors: Unlocking Africa's Mining and Industrial Potential Through Integrated Infrastructure was presented by:
-Andrew Kamau, Non-Resident Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY and Kenya
-Clare Kane, Senior Program Officer for Infrastructure, Millennium Challenge Corporation
-Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
#ICGFM2026 Session Achieving Public Financial Management (PFM) Effectiveness was presented by:
-Chris Mihm, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
-Dan Chenok, Executive Director, the IBM Center for The Business of Government
-Doug Webster, Senior Advisor and ERM Practice Lead, TFC Consulting
This year’s theme, Optimizing Public Assets: Investment, Performance and Building the Future, brought together global leaders to explore how public assets can drive economic growth and serve the greater good.
#PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance
A big thank you to Richard Longstaff, Managing Director at @Deloitte Consulting LLP, for an outstanding opening #ICGFM2026 keynote session, From Hard Hats to Hard Decisions: Public Financial Management in the Age of the Critical Minerals Boom.
#PublicFinancialManagement #CriticalMinerals #GlobalLeadership #PublicAssets #EconomicGrowth
#ICYMI: Last month, DevTech proudly participated in the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM) conference as a Patron-level sponsor. The event brought together global leaders from government, international organizations, and the private sector to discuss innovative approaches to public financial management, transparency, and accountability. ICGFM’s annual conference serves as a forum for sharing best practices in budgeting, fiscal policy, digital transformation, and financial governance.
Pictured: DevTech’s Director of Economics, Jose Pineda, alongside Mansoor Akbar
Learn more about ICGFM at: https://t.co/gYEdGLI2mS
Last week, FreeBalance participated in the @icgfm 2026 International Conference. Key themes included:
- Fiscal resilience at all levels.
- Integration of #AI and real-time analytics into #IFMIS.
- Modernizing public asset management for sustainable finance.
#PFM#ICGFM
Last week, DevTech proudly participated in the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management (@icgfm) conference as a Patron-level sponsor. The event brought together global leaders from government, international organizations, and the private sector to discuss innovative approaches to public financial management, transparency, and accountability. ICGFM’s annual conference serves as a forum for sharing best practices in budgeting, fiscal policy, digital transformation, and financial governance.
Pictured: DevTech’s Director of Economics, Jose Pineda, alongside Mansoor Akbar
Learn more about ICGFM at: https://t.co/gYEdGLI2mS
🎤 Closing the Conversation at #ICGFM2026
Welcome back to the final day of ICGFM’s 2026 International Conference!
We begin the morning with the welcome breakfast led by:
-John Hanley, ICGFM Vice President, Programs, setting the stage for a powerful close to this year’s discussions.
Today’s featured sessions include:
Unlocking Growth Through Strategic Investment and Results-Driven Assistance:
-Dan Barnes, Managing Director, Selection and Eligibility
🏆 Presentation of the 2026 David Nummy Award
-Introduction: Reginald W. Mitchell, ICGFM President
-Award Recipient: Mark Gallagher
Closing Remarks
-Reginald W. Mitchell, ICGFM President
🌐 Over the past three days, the global dialogue on public assets has sparked new ideas, strengthened partnerships, and built momentum for the future.
Here’s how we wrap up Day 3 👇
🌍 Continued engagement with 100+ professionals from 20+ countries
📣 Insightful sessions and actionable takeaways
🤝 Final opportunities to connect with global leaders in public financial management
#ICGFM2026 #PublicFinance #PublicAssets #PFM #GlobalLeadership #GoodGovernance