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  "title": "Nigel Chalk",
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  "summary": "Nigel Chalk is the Director of the Western Hemisphere Department.",
  "publishDate": "2025-10-27",
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      "heading": "Current role",
      "content": "- Nigel Chalk is the Director of the Western Hemisphere Department.\n- He served as Deputy Director of WHD prior to becoming Department Director."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Department responsibilities and country coverage",
      "content": "- Has overseen a range of surveillance and lending operations for: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, and Suriname.\n- Was the U.S. Mission Chief, leading twelve consecutive Article IV consultations under four different administrations."
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF and external career history",
      "content": "- Prior to joining WHD, Nigel was a Managing Director and Head of Non-Japan Asia Research at Barclays Bank in Singapore, providing advice to clients and the bank’s own operations on macro, rates and FX strategy.\n- Has been a Deputy Director in the Asia and Pacific Department at the Fund, including serving as mission chief for China for several years.\n- Earlier Fund work included assignments on Russia, Korea, the Philippines, and Brazil across the Middle East, Fiscal Affairs, Asia and Pacific and Western Hemisphere Departments."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Nationality and education",
      "content": "- Nigel is a UK and Irish national.\n- Education:\n  - B.A., University of Liverpool\n  - M.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics\n  - M.A. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles\n  - Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key administrative detail",
      "content": "- Last updated: October 27, 2025"
    }
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    "Nigel Chalk is the Director of the Western Hemisphere Department.",
    "He served as Deputy Director of WHD prior to becoming Department Director.",
    "Has overseen a range of surveillance and lending operations for: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, and Suriname.",
    "Was the U.S. Mission Chief, leading twelve consecutive Article IV consultations under four different administrations.",
    "Prior to joining WHD, Nigel was a Managing Director and Head of Non-Japan Asia Research at Barclays Bank in Singapore, providing advice to clients and the bank’s own operations on macro, rates and FX strategy.",
    "Has been a Deputy Director in the Asia and Pacific Department at the Fund, including serving as mission chief for China for several years.",
    "Earlier Fund work included assignments on Russia, Korea, the Philippines, and Brazil across the Middle East, Fiscal Affairs, Asia and Pacific and Western Hemisphere Departments.",
    "Nigel is a UK and Irish national.",
    "Education:",
    "Last updated: October 27, 2025"
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