Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath

• French-born economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas has been named as the next chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve as the Fund’s chief economist.
• Gopinath will take over as first deputy managing director of IMF from January 21 2022.
• Initially, Gourinchas  will join the IMF on a part-time basis from January 24, 2022.
• He will take up on role on full-time basis from April 1, 2022.
• IMF headquarter: Washington, D.C., U.S‎