David Lipton

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David Lipton
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Acting
September 12, 2019 – October 1, 2019
Preceded byChristine Lagarde
Succeeded byKristalina Georgieva
Personal details
Born (1953-11-09) November 9, 1953 (age 70)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)

David Lipton (born November 9, 1953) is an American economist who served as the Acting Managing Director of the

The Financial Times, Euromoney,[1] Bloomberg News,[2] and The Guardian.[3]

Life and work

David Lipton was born on November 9, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts, and received an undergraduate degree from

Citi Bank where he became Head of Global Country Risk Management.[7]

Prior to joining the IMF, David Lipton served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama, while also being part of the National Economic Council and National Security Council at the White House.[8]

In 2021 Lipton was named a senior counselor to

G7 and G20 summits.[9]

References

  1. ^ Furness, Virginia (28 November 2019). "IMF considers benefits of capital flow management in policy re-think". Euromoney. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ Donahue, Patrick (1 October 2019). "IMF's Lipton Sees Sharper World Slowdown as Trade Tensions Flare". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Partington, Richard (11 December 2018). "IMF warns storm clouds are gathering for next financial crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ "DAVID LIPTON CONFIRMED AS UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS". www.treasury.gov.
  5. ^ Pearlstein, Steven (October 3, 2015). "The smartest economist you've never heard of" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. ^ "'Creating a Market Economy in Eastern Europe', Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Volume 1990, Issue 1, pp. 75-147" (PDF).
  7. ^ "David Lipton". IMF.
  8. ^ "Authors". World Economic Forum.
  9. ^ Hunnicutt, Trevor; Lawder, David (3 February 2021). "U.S. Treasury names officials expected to lead Biden's global tax crackdown". Reuters. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Acting

2019
Succeeded by