Spring Meetings

Antoinette M. Sayeh
Deputy Managing Director
IMF

Ms. Antoinette M. Sayeh assumed office as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on March 16, 2020.

Ms. Sayeh has been a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD) since November 2016 and was Co-Chair for the recently concluded 19th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA19), the World Bank’s Fund for the poorest. She previously oversaw and significantly enhanced the International Monetary Fund’s engagement with its sub-Saharan African members as Director of the African Department between July 2008 and August 2016. Full bio

Nizar Baraka
Minister of Equipment and Water, Morocco

In 2021, Nizar Baraka was appointed as the Minister for Equipment and Water. Prior to this, he served as the Chairman of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council. He held the position of Minister of Economy and Finance from 2012 to 2013 and served as the Minister of State for Economic and General Affairs from 2007 to 2012. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Directorate of Studies and Financial Forecasting within the Ministry of Finance. Before joining the government service, he gained teaching experience at the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Mohammed V University and at the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economic sciences from the University of Aix-Marseille and a diploma in econometrics from the Mohammed V Faculty of Law.

Amer Bisat
Global Head, Emerging Markets Fixed Income, BlackRock

Amer Bisat, PhD., Global Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at BlackRock, is a member of the Fundamental Fixed Income Executive Committee. At BlackRock, he leads the team managing approximately US$ 35 billion in EM assets. Prior to joining BlackRock, he held portfolio management responsibilities at Morgan Stanley and UBS. Between 1991 and 1998, he was a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund where he helped negotiate programs with Russia, Ukraine, and Egypt.

Amer taught Economics at Columbia University, co-authored a book on globalization, and published research on growth and financial sector development. He sits on the Advisory Council of the Carnegie Middle East Center, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned his PhD from Columbia University.

Magdalena Rzeczkowska
Minister of Finance, Republic of Poland

Magdalena was appointed the Minister of Finance of Poland on 26 April 2022. In 2020, she was appointed Secretary of State at the Ministry of Finance and the Head of the National Fiscal Administration. Prior to joining the Ministry of Finance in 2002, she worked at the Central Office of Customs. Over her more than 20 years of professional work, she initiated and coordinated the process of introducing a number of legal and organizational solutions to support entrepreneurs involved in the international trade in goods. Magdalena Rzeczkowska graduated from the Law and Administration Faculty at Warsaw University and postgraduate studies in European integration at the same Universit