US Treasury Official Expected to Be Named IMF's Second-in-Command: Source
- Dan Katz, Chief of Staff to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, will join the International Monetary Fund as its second-in-command, according to sources from the New York Post.
- Katz is expected to be the first deputy managing director at the IMF, reporting to Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF.
- The vacancy for this position arose after Gita Gopinath resigned to return to Harvard last month.
- An announcement regarding Katz's role is expected this Friday, followed by a two-week comment period before formal appointment by Georgieva.
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Bessent’s Chief of Staff to Take Senior Post at IMF
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Chief of Staff Dan Katz will leave the Trump administration and join the International Monetary Fund as the organization’s second-in-command, three sources told the New York Post on Wednesday. Katz is set to become the first deputy managing director and the most senior American at the IMF, reporting to Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist and ex-EU commissioner. Katz "is one of the secr…
The head of the U.S. Treasury Secretary's cabinet is about to be named number two at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a source close to the subject informed the AFP on Wednesday, September 17.Dan Katz, who works with Secretary Scott Bessent, will replace Gita Gopinath as the new Deputy Director General of the IMF, indicated the source that required anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.A spokesman for the Treasury secretariat decl…

US Treasury official expected to be named IMF's second-in-command: source
The US Treasury Department's chief of staff is anticipated to join the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a key role as its number-two official, a source told AFP on Wednesday.
US Treasury official expected to be named IMF’s second-in-command: source
The US Treasury Department's chief of staff is anticipated to join the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a key role as its number-two official, a source told AFP on Wednesday. Dan Katz, who currently works with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is expected to be selected as the next first deputy managing director of the IMF.
US Plans to Nominate Treasury’s Dan Katz as IMF’s No. 2 Official
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to nominate Dan Katz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s chief of staff, to be the International Monetary Fund’s No. 2 official, according to people familiar with the matter.
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