Silvana Tenreyro named as IMF chief economist

- Central Banking Newsdesk
- 08 Jul 2026

Silvana Tenreyro has been appointed as the International Monetary Fund’s new chief economist, the institution said in a statement on July 7.

Tenreyro will take up her role as economic counsellor and director of the research department on August 10. Her appointment follows the departure of Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, who stepped down as IMF chief economist on July 1 to return to academia.

Tenreyro is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, where she has been on the faculty since

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