## IMF General Counsel Sean Hagan to Retire

_IMF News, June 18, 2018_

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- Published: June 18, 2018

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### Announcement
- Press Release No. 18/242
- Date: June 18, 2018
- The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) General Counsel, Sean Hagan, will retire at the end of October.
- Announcement made by Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
- Contact for media:
  - MEDIA RELATIONS, PRESS OFFICER: Media Relations
  - Phone: +1 202 623-7100
  - Email: MEDIA@IMF.org

### Tenure and career milestones
- Mr. Hagan has worked at the Fund for 28 years, including almost 14 as General Counsel and head of the Fund’s Legal Department.
- Joined the IMF’s Legal Department in 1990.
- Appointed General Counsel in 2005.
- Prior to the IMF, he was in private practice, first in New York and subsequently in Tokyo.
- He has announced his intention to take up a position in academia.
- The search for a replacement will begin shortly.

### Noted achievements and contributions (as described by Ms. Lagarde)
- Modernizing the Fund’s lending toolkit.
- Integrating the Fund’s surveillance processes.
- Articulating the Fund’s policies on sovereign debt.
- Devising multilateral debt relief for highly indebted low-income countries.
- Promoting the rule of law in member countries, including work on:
  - anti-money laundering,
  - combating terrorist financing,
  - addressing corruption and improving governance,
  - providing extensive technical assistance.
- Raising the profile of ethics and integrity both inside and outside of the Fund.

### Education
- Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.
- Master of Science in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Bachelor of Arts in History from Kings College, University of London.

*Press Release No. 18/242, June 18, 2018.*

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