IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva creates External Advisory Group LeapRate

April 13, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

IMF's Kristalina Georgieva creates External Advisory Group

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…

international women's day women in technology sector gender equality interview

March 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotlight on women in tech for International Women’s Day

Sunday March 8th will mark International Women’s Day — and despite progress, the fields of science and technology still experience gender inequality. Below is a commentary from a selection of female representatives from the technology sector, expressing their views on what can be done to advance their fields. These women play prominent roles in the…

September 26, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kristalina Georgieva succeeds Christine Lagarde as IMF head

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Board of executive directors announced on Wednesday that it has approved Kristalina Georgieva to be its next leader effective October 1. The Bulgarian economist will take over from Christine Lagarde, who has been selected as the next president of the European Central Bank. This is what she shared in a…

September 13, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Kristalina Georgieva - the only contender for IMF's top job

Kristalina Georgieva has become a household name in the financial industry. Mrs. Georgieva is a well-known Bulgarian economist and the sole contender for the role of Managing Director of the IMF. Since 2017, she has served as the Chief Executive of the World Bank and also as an Acting President of the World Bank Group…

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