Ex-Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala Gets IMF Appointment
IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, announced Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment into the 12-member team on Friday in a statement.
According to the statement, the new group will 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 (COVID-19) and its economic impact.
Ms Georgieva said, “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.
“Toward this end, I am proud that an
“Today we had a dynamic discussion to gain their insights, and to receive informal reactions to our ideas and approaches,” she added.
The advisory group is expected to meet a few times in a year with the IMF’s Managing Director, Deputy Managing Directors, and a sub-set of IMF department Directors.
See the list of the Managing Director’s External Advisory Group below:
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.
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