Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has today named a group of prominent individuals to serve as her new External Advisory Group. The newly established group aims to provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues, including policy responses to the exceptional challenges the world now faces due to the novel coronavirus and its economic impact.
Ms. Georgieva commented on the news:
Even before the spread of Covid-19 and the dramatic health, economic, and financial disruptions it has brought, IMF members confronted a rapidly evolving world and complex policy issues. To serve our membership well in this context, we need top-notch input and expertise from the widest range of sources, inside and outside the Fund.
The members of the Managing Director’s External Advisory Group are:
- Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister of Nigeria
- Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of Singapore and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Ms. Kristin Forbes, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mr. Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Lord Mark Malloch Brown, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
- Mr. Feike Sijbesima, Honorary Chair, DSM, Former CEO, Royal DSM
- Mr. Raghuram Rajan, Professor, University of Chicago
- Ms. Ana Botín, Group Executive Chairman, Santander
- Ms. Carmen Reinhart, Professor, Harvard University
- Mr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser, Allianz
- Mr. Scott Minerd, Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Investments
- Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Chair of ActionAid International
The Managing Director’s External Advisory Group will meet a few times a year with the IMF’s Managing Director, Deputy Managing Directors, and a sub-set of IMF department Directors.
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