Reza Moghadam has been Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since November 2011.

Prior to taking up his current position, he was Director of the Fund’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department for three years, and Head of the Managing Director’s office also for three years, serving both Rodrigo de Rato and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He previously worked in both the European and the Asia-Pacific Departments of the Fund.

Mr. Moghadam earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics at Oxford University, a master’s degree in economics at the London School of Economics, and a PhD in economics at the University of Warwick.