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

The International Monetary Fund has appointed Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as its next economic counsellor and director of the Research Department (RES). He will succeed Gita Gopinath, who assumed the office on January 1, 2019.

Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve as the Fund’s chief economist. he will take over as first deputy managing director of IMF from January 21 2022. Initially, he 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.