【Speaker】Takatoshi Kato，Deputy ManagingDirector, IMF

【Topic】Resolution and Role of the IMF in the Global Financial Crisis

【Time】19:30-21:30,2009-6-8, Monday

【Venue】Room 201, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Center for China in the World Economy(CCWE)

【Background Information】Mr. Takatoshi Kato assumed office as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on February 2, 2004.Prior to taking up his current position, he was Advisor to the President, Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank and a Visiting Professor atWasedaUniversity. Mr. Kato has held a series of senior positions at the Ministry of Finance ofJapan. These include Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs (1995-97) and Director-General of the International Finance Bureau (1993-95).Mr. Kato has served as a member of various advisory panels including the World Health Organization's (WHO) Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (2001) and an ADB panel on poverty reduction inAsiaand the Pacific (1999-2000). In 2002, he published a book on exchange rate policy.