Antoinette Monsio Sayeh

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Served as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from March 16, 2020 through September 12, 2024.
Role title: Deputy Managing Director
Tenure dates: March 2020 - September 2024
Concluded service on September 12, 2024.
Last updated: September 12, 2024

Director of the African Department, International Monetary Fund, between July 2008 and August 2016.
Oversaw and significantly enhanced the IMF’s engagement with its sub‐Saharan African members during that period.

Minister of Finance, Liberia, January 2006 through June 2008.
- Led Liberia through:
- Clearance of long‐standing multilateral debt arrears.
- The HIPC Decision Point.
- The Paris Club process.
- Buy‑back of its commercial debt.
- Preparation of its first Poverty Reduction Strategy.
- Focused on significantly strengthening public finances and championing public financial management reform.
World Bank career spanning 17 years with positions including:
- Country Director for Benin, Niger, and Togo.
- Senior Country Economist for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Advisor in the Bank’s Operations Policy Vice Presidency.
- Assistant to the Bank’s principal Managing Director.
Early career: Economic advisory positions in Liberia’s Ministries of Finance and Planning.

Education:
- Bachelor’s degree with honors in economics from Swarthmore College.
- PhD in International Economic Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Board and governance service while at the Center for Global Development (CGD):
- Board of Managers of Swarthmore College.
- Board of Directors of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development.
- Board of Directors of Emerging Public Leaders.

Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD).
Co‐Chair for the 19 th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA19), the World Bank’s Fund for the poorest.