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MD’s Fireside Chat with Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh

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Location: G-02

AM26

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Overview

Join IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh for a conversation on the forces reshaping the global economy.

Panelists

Kristalina Georgieva

Managing Director, IMF

 

Kristalina Georgieva is the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the IMF since its inception in 1944. Before joining the Fund, Ms. Georgieva was Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank and also served as Interim President for a time. Previously, she served at the European Commission as Vice President for Budget and Human Resources – and as Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. She was named “European of the Year” and “Commissioner of the Year” by European Voice for her leadership in the European Union’s humanitarian response to crises.

Kristalina Georgieva

Kevin Warsh

Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States

 

Kevin Warsh took office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on May 22, 2026, for a four-year term ending May 21, 2030. He also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee and as a member of the Board of Governors. He previously served on the Board from 2006 to 2011. After leaving the Board, he was the Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a partner at Duquesne Family Office. Earlier, he served at the National Economic Council and worked at Morgan Stanley. He holds an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Kevin Warsh