Faisal Ahmed

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Mr. Faisal Ahmed has over two decades of experience in international policymaking. Mr. Ahmed is currently serving as Deputy Division Chief in the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development and is the lead author of the IMF’s Global Strategy for Capacity Building (CD Strategy Review) for 2024-2029 that guides the IMF’s engagement with member countries for building institutions and state capacity. Since joining the IMF in 2003, Mr. Ahmed has worked on a broad range of advanced, emerging, and developing economies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. During 2015-2019, Mr. Ahmed served as the Chief Economist and Senior Advisor to the Governor of the Bangladesh (Central) Bank and represented Bangladesh at the global fora and investor road shows. During 2011-2015, he was appointed as the IMF Resident Representative in Cambodia when Cambodia hosted the ASEAN Chairmanship and the East Asia Summit. He has also served as IMF’s Mission Chief for Bhutan and Senior Desk for India.

Prior to joining the IMF, Mr. Ahmed worked as an actuary for a global reinsurance company for four years and was a visiting scholar at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Ahmed has also taught at the University of Minnesota, SEACEN, BIGM and at the Royal School of Administration in Cambodia. He was a TED speaker and served as a Fellow at Trumbull College, Yale University.  Mr. Ahmed has a PhD and an MA in economics from the University of Minnesota, an MFin from Princeton University, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow, Trumbull College, Yale University
  • Distinguished Instructor Award, University of Minnesota
  • Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota
  • Presidential Scholarship, Wabash College, Indiana
  • Distinction in Senior Comprehensive Exam, Mathematics, Wabash College, Indiana
  • Distinction in Senior Comprehensive Exam, Economics, Wabash College, Indiana
  • First Prize, Indiana Mathematics Competition (Mathematical Association of America)
  • First, Dhaka University Entrance Exam, Bangladesh
  • Chancellor Award for Academic Achievement by the President of Bangladesh