US EditionIMF's Gita Gopinath to Leave Fund and Rejoin Harvard University
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 21 – Gita Gopinath is leaving the IMF after nearly seven years, where she led during major crises including COVID-19, to become Harvard's inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics.
- On July 22, 2025, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced Gita Gopinath will leave the Fund at the end of August, returning to Harvard as the inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics.
- Having taught at Harvard since 2005, Gita Gopinath joined the IMF in 2019 as its first woman chief economist and was promoted to First Deputy Managing Director in January 2022.
- Gita Gopinath said `After nearly 7 amazing years at the IMF, I have decided to return to my academic roots,` adding that on September 1, 2025 she will rejoin Harvard as the inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics.
- Gopinath’s exit offers the U.S. Treasury a chance to recommend a successor, as President Donald Trump seeks to restructure the global economy and end longstanding trade deficits with high tariffs.
- Gopinath will assume the inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professorship at Harvard University, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said a successor will be named `in due course`.
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Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund (IMF) number 2 official, will leave her post at the end of August to return to Harvard University, the organization reported Monday in a statement. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will appoint a Gopinath successor “in due course,” the agency said. Gopinath said: “I am truly grateful for the time I have spent at the IMF, first as Chief Economist and then as Deputy Managing Director. [...] Now …
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Gita Gopinath to step down from IMF in August, set to rejoin Harvard
Washington: Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be stepping down from her role in August 2025 to return to academia at Harvard University, the IMF announced. Gopinath, a trailblazer in international economics, will be taking on the role of the inaugural Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics at Harvard. The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva confirmed Gopinath’…
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