## Dan Katz, IMF First Deputy Managing Director

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 6, 2025

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### Appointment and current position
- Assumed the position of First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF on October 6, 2025.
- Has been the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director since October 2025.
- Leads the Fund’s work on multilateral surveillance and related policies, including on monetary policy, financial markets, debt, and international economic integration.
- Oversees bilateral surveillance for many global systemically important economies and large lending programs.
- Represents the Fund at multilateral fora like the G7 and G20.

### Recent public-sector roles
- Most recently served as Chief of Staff at the United States Department of the Treasury.
  - Served as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on a wide range of domestic and international matters, including on some of the most consequential international economic issues involving the United States.
- Long association with Treasury spanning more than a decade, including roles as:
  - Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs.
  - Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for International Markets.
  - Policy advisor in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

### Private-sector and other experience
- Worked at a global macro hedge fund.
- Worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
- Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on central banking, international economic issues, and economic statecraft.
- Served as an advisor to the Commander of U.S. forces in Kabul, Afghanistan.

### Education
- Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
- Juris Doctor magna cum laude from New York University School of Law.

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## References

- [IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Proposes the Appointment of Daniel Katz as First Deputy Managing Director](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2025/09/18/pr25302-imf-md-kristalina-georgieva-proposes-the-appointment-of-daniel-katz-as-fdmd)
- [IMF Senior Officials](https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/bios/dan-katz_