Masood Ahmed, current director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, will become president of the Center for Global Development in early 2017. Ahmed will take the reins from founding president Nancy Birdsall, who is stepping down after 15 years. “Masood brings intellectual heft, policy expertise and a proven record in working to increase global prosperity. His fresh ideas will enhance CGD’s reputation as a center of excellence for development policy,” CGD Board Chair Lawrence Summers said in a press release Tuesday.
The CGD, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., works to reduce global poverty and inequality by engaging with policy makers on issues including climate change, education, and health.
