## Mateusz Szczurek

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: November 22, 2024

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### Current role
- Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund since July 2026.
- Oversees the IMF’s work with Europe.

### Previous public-sector roles
- Minister of Finance of Poland from 2013 to 2015.
  - Responsible for fiscal policy, public debt management, international economic cooperation, and oversight of financial institutions.
  - Represented Poland in major international fora.
  - Played a key role in advancing reforms to strengthen fiscal management and public administration.

### Roles in development and international financial institutions
- Member of the Management Board and Chief Risk Officer at BGK, Poland’s development bank, since 2024.
  - Oversaw risk, ESG, sectoral analysis, and financial modeling.
- Senior roles at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2016 to 2024.
  - Led work on macroeconomic assessment, reform monitoring, and policy dialogue in EU countries of operation.
  - Member of the inaugural European Fiscal Board, contributing to discussions on Europe’s fiscal framework.

### Private sector and academic experience
- 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.

### Education
- 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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## References

- [IMF Senior Officials](https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/bios/mateusz-szczurek_