Meet Silvana Tenreyro, new chief economist of International Monetary Fund

Meet Silvana Tenreyro, new chief economist of International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Silvana Tenreyro as its new chief economist. She will replace Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, who is returning to academia.

The announcement was made by IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

Tenreyro, a citizen of Argentina, Italy, and UK, is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics and will take up her new role on August 10.