Bradlow, Daniel David2016-04-222016-01Bradlow, DD 2016, 'Lessons from the frontlines : what I learned from my participation in the G20', Global Summitry, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 135-150.2058-7430 (print)2058-7449 (online)10.1093/global/guv007http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52101It is a rare privilege for an academic who has specialized in international economic institutions toget a chance to put what he has been researching into practice. I had this privilege when I became the first head of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) new International Economic Relations and Policy Department. In this capacity I represented the SARB in the G20 meetings in which it participated during my approximately two years with the Bank, which concluded at the end of October 2014.en© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for French Studies.All rights reserved. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Global Summitry, following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : Lessons from the frontlines : what I learned from my participation in the G20, Global Summitry, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 135-150, 2016. doi : 10.1093/global/guv007, is available online at : http://globalsummitry.oxfordjournals.org .ParticipationInternational economic institutionsSouth African Reserve Bank (SARB)International Economic Relations and Policy DepartmentG20 meetingsPostprint Article