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  "title": "Mateusz Szczurek",
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  "summary": "Mateusz Szczurek is the Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund since July 2026",
  "publishDate": "2024-11-22",
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      "heading": "Current role",
      "content": "- Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund since July 2026.\n- Oversees the IMF’s work with Europe."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Previous public-sector roles",
      "content": "- Minister of Finance of Poland from 2013 to 2015.\n  - Responsible for fiscal policy, public debt management, international economic cooperation, and oversight of financial institutions.\n  - Represented Poland in major international fora.\n  - Played a key role in advancing reforms to strengthen fiscal management and public administration."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Roles in development and international financial institutions",
      "content": "- Member of the Management Board and Chief Risk Officer at BGK, Poland’s development bank, since 2024.\n  - Oversaw risk, ESG, sectoral analysis, and financial modeling.\n- Senior roles at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2016 to 2024.\n  - Led work on macroeconomic assessment, reform monitoring, and policy dialogue in EU countries of operation.\n  - Member of the inaugural European Fiscal Board, contributing to discussions on Europe’s fiscal framework."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Private sector and academic experience",
      "content": "- Chief Economist for Central and Eastern Europe at ING Bank.\n- Held various economist positions in the banking sector.\n- Taught public finance and international economics at the University of Warsaw."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Degrees from the University of Warsaw, Columbia University, and the University of Sussex.\n- Earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex."
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    "Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund since July 2026.",
    "Oversees the IMF’s work with Europe.",
    "Minister of Finance of Poland from 2013 to 2015.",
    "Member of the Management Board and Chief Risk Officer at BGK, Poland’s development bank, since 2024.",
    "Senior roles at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2016 to 2024.",
    "Chief Economist for Central and Eastern Europe at ING Bank.",
    "Held various economist positions in the banking sector.",
    "Taught public finance and international economics at the University of Warsaw.",
    "Degrees from the University of Warsaw, Columbia University, and the University of Sussex.",
    "Earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex."
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