{"text":[[{"start":7.55,"text":"Former Bank of England policymaker Silvana Tenreyro is set to become the next chief economist of the IMF. "}],[{"start":15,"text":"Tenreyro, now a professor at the London School of Economics, will take over from Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas in the coming months, the Fund said on Tuesday. "}],[{"start":24.9,"text":"Tenreyro, who holds British, Italian and Argentine citizenship, will be responsible for providing the institution with guidance on the design of its economic bailouts and directly advising the managing director. "}],[{"start":36.25,"text":"As head of the IMF’s research department, she will lead a team of economists and produce research alongside some of the fund’s flagship economic publications, including the closely watched semi-annual World Economic Outlook forecasts for global growth and inflation."}],[{"start":51.8,"text":"Interviews for the position were held with the IMF’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva last week, with many within the fund expecting the role to go to a US economist. "}],[{"start":61.5,"text":"Georgieva praised Tenreyro as “an exceptional leader and communicator” with an “openness to diverse perspectives”. "}],[{"start":69.65,"text":"“These qualities will serve her well as one of the fund’s principal voices on the global economic outlook and as the leader of the research department,” she added. "}],[{"start":78.25,"text":"Tenreyro is only the second woman to take on the role, following in the footsteps of Harvard professor Gita Gopinath, who held the position from 2019 to 2022. "}],[{"start":87.4,"text":"The LSE economist holds a doctorate in economics from Harvard University and has won plaudits for her research on monetary economics and trade."}],[{"start":96.45,"text":"Mahmood Pradhan, a former senior IMF official who is now a fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels-based think-tank, described the appointment as “an inspired choice”. "}],[{"start":107.15,"text":"“Silvana is a worthy successor to Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas who will add rigour to the IMF’s economic analysis and advice.”"}],[{"start":115.10000000000001,"text":"Tenreyro served on the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee from 2017 until 2023, where she was viewed as one of the most dovish members of the rate-setting body — despite the UK suffering from its worst bout of inflation in decades."}],[{"start":130.9,"text":"Earlier in her career she also worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Mauritian central bank."}],[{"start":144.54999999999998,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1783469300_7665.mp3"}