SBP gets new Deputy Governor

January 21, 2020 (MLN): The Federal Government has appointed Mr Murtaza Syed as Deputy Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), for a period of three years with immediate effect.

The newly appointed Mr Murtaza Syed is currently the second such appointment after the state bank’s Governor Reza Baqir, who had served IMF at different positions. He was a Deputy Division Chief in the IMF Strategy, Policy and Review Department. He joined the Fund in 2004 and has previously worked in the Fiscal Affairs and Asia and Pacific Departments.

Prior to his current assignment, he was the IMF Deputy Resident representative in China. He has been involved in IMF programmes and surveillance of various emerging markets and advanced economies including Colombia, Cyprus, the Euro Area, Korea and Japan.

His analytical work has covered macro-financial linkages, fiscal and monetary policy, financial crises, investment, demographics and inequality.

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