Irene Yackovlev

Ms. Yackovlev is an experienced Senior Economist at the IMF. She is currently the head of the Communications Department matrix team that oversees strategy and policy communications. In recent years, her role in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department has been focused on advancing the IMF’s work on climate change, social spending, gender, and other emerging policy areas. She helped co-author the IMF’s new climate strategy and leads the technical team that wrote and is working to operationalize the Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending. She also coordinates the IMF’s work on the G20 Compact with Africa, contributes to the development of policies for small developing states, and is a country reviewer for several emerging market and developing economies. She deep experience working on IMF-supported economic reform programs, including advising Ecuador during the pandemic and Portugal during the global financial crisis. Ms. Yackovlev received a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and was a PhD Candidate at MIT prior to joining the IMF. She is from Venezuela.