Malhar Nabar
Last Updated: October 6, 2025
Malhar Nabar is an Assistant Director in the IMF's European Department and Mission Chief for the euro area. In this capacity, Malhar leads the IMF team working on euro area policies. Malhar's IMF experience has spanned frontier markets (Uganda); emerging markets (China, Malaysia); advanced economies and financial centers (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, euro area); and multilateral policies (World Economic Outlook). Prior to his current assignment, Malhar led the IMF team working on the 3-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement with Uganda from April 2022 to June 2023, successfully completing the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th reviews of the program. Earlier, Malhar headed the World Economic Studies division in the IMF's Research Department from November 2019 to April 2022, leading the team responsible for producing the World Economic Outlook (WEO). In previous roles in the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department he covered China and Japan, and was mission chief for Hong Kong, SAR. Before joining the IMF in 2009, Malhar was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wellesley College.
Email: MNABAR@imf.org
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University, May 2005
Master of Business (Research), Queensland University of Technology, June 2000
B.A. (Hons) Economics and History, Oxford University, July 1998
Previous Experience:
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wellesley College, 2005-2009.
Deutsche Bank, Global Markets Research, New York: offices of Peter Hooper (Chief US Economist) and Mike Dooley (Chief Economist, Latin America); summer intern 2001, 2002, 2003.
Current Position:
Assistant Director, European Department, and Mission Chief for Euro Area; July 2025 - present
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Advisor, European Department, and Mission Chief for Euro Area, June 2023 - June 2025
Division Chief, African Department, and Mission Chief for Uganda, April 2022 - June 2023.
Division Chief, World Economic Studies, Research Department, November 2019 - April 2022.
Deputy Division Chief, World Economic Studies, Research Department, July 2016-November 2019
IMF Mission Chief for Hong Kong SAR, 2015-2016.
Deputy Division Chief, China Division, Asia and Pacific Department, 2015-2016.
Assistant to the Director, Asia and Pacific Department, 2014-2015.
Senior Economist, China and Japan Desks, Asia and Pacific Department, 2013-2015.
Economist, China Desk and Regional Studies Division, Asia and Pacific Department, 2009-2013.
Advisor, European Department, and Mission Chief for Euro Area, June 2023 - June 2025