Gita Gopinath, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund, will leave her post at the end of August to return to Harvard University, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will name a successor to Gopinath in "due course,

Gita Gopinath, a key figure at the IMF during turbulent times, announces her departure to become a professor at Harvard, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking contributions to global economic policy.

Gopinath made history as the first woman to serve as the IMF’s chief economist when she joined the organization in 2019. In January 2022, she was elevated to the position of First Deputy MD