Vítor Gaspar

Special Advisor to the Managing Director, until the end of the month of November.

Mr. Vítor Gaspar is Special Advisor to the Managing Director at the IMF. He was Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) between June 2014 and October 2025. Mr. Gaspar was Portuguese Minister of State and Finance from 2011–13, and has held various positions in European and Portuguese institutions, including head of BEPA at the European Commission, Director-general of Research at the European Central Bank, Director of Economic Studies and Statistics at the Central Bank of Portugal, and Director of Economic Studies at the Portuguese Ministry of Finance. Mr. Gaspar holds a Ph.D. and a post-doctoral agregado in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa; he graduated from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Last updated: October 2025