IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Appoints Tobias Adrian as Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department
IMF News, November 28, 2016
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- Published: November 28, 2016
Appointment summary
- Press Release No. 16/527
- Date: November 28, 2016
- Announced by: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Position: Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department
- Effective start date: January 3, 2017
- Succession: He succeeds José Viñals, who announced his departure from the IMF in July.
Key statements
- Christine Lagarde: “Mr. Adrian has extensive experience in assessing and addressing capital markets issues and in developing monetary and financial stability policies at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is internationally highly regarded for his insightful analytical work, and has published widely, including on asset pricing and capital markets, monetary policy, and financial sector issues. I believe that his range of talents and experience makes him ideally suited to lead the Fund’s monetary, capital market and financial sector work at this time.”
- Short quote summary: “Mr. Adrian’s talents and experience make him ideally suited to lead our monetary, capital market, financial sector work .@Lagarde”
Professional background and experience
- Most recent role: Senior Vice President and Associate Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Tenure at New York Fed: worked in a variety of roles since 2003.
- Areas of expertise: capital markets; asset pricing; financial intermediation; aggregate macroeconomic implications of capital market developments.
- Contributions: important contributions to the New York Fed’s financial stability policy and its monetary policy briefings.
- Prior positions: U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA; Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.
Education and academic roles
- Nationality: German-U.S. dual national.
- Degrees:
- Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- MSc from the London School of Economics.
- Postgraduate degrees from Goethe University in Frankfurt and Dauphine University in Paris.
- Teaching roles: has taught at MIT, Princeton University, and New York University.
Media contact
- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS
- PRESS OFFICER: Andreas Adriano
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
Press Release No. 16/527 — November 28, 2016 — IMF Communications Department