Nassira Abbas is a deputy division chief in the Global Markets Monitoring and Analysis Division of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department and an author of the Global Financial Stability Report. Before joining the IMF, Nassira was head of market analysis and asset purchases programs division in the Monetary Policy Department of the French central bank, where she also served in roles including deputy head of significant bank division, senior financial market analyst and senior portfolio manager, and international economist. She also has served as a senior bank analyst in the risk analysis and stress testing unit at the European Banking Authority. She holds a Global Executive MBA and Master in Finance from the Institute of High International Finance and La Sorbonne University and a Master of Research in Political Sciences and Economics at Sciences Po Paris School of Research.