IMF General Counsel Sean Hagan to Retire

IMF News, June 18, 2018

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Press Release No. 18/242
Date: June 18, 2018
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) General Counsel, Sean Hagan, will retire at the end of October.
Announcement made by Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
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Mr. Hagan has worked at the Fund for 28 years, including almost 14 as General Counsel and head of the Fund’s Legal Department.
Joined the IMF’s Legal Department in 1990.
Appointed General Counsel in 2005.
Prior to the IMF, he was in private practice, first in New York and subsequently in Tokyo.
He has announced his intention to take up a position in academia.
The search for a replacement will begin shortly.

Modernizing the Fund’s lending toolkit.
Integrating the Fund’s surveillance processes.
Articulating the Fund’s policies on sovereign debt.
Devising multilateral debt relief for highly indebted low-income countries.
Promoting the rule of law in member countries, including work on:
- anti-money laundering,
- combating terrorist financing,
- addressing corruption and improving governance,
- providing extensive technical assistance.
Raising the profile of ethics and integrity both inside and outside of the Fund.

Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Master of Science in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Bachelor of Arts in History from Kings College, University of London.

Press Release No. 18/242, June 18, 2018.