Dr. Gita Gopinath, the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, will leave her position in August 2025 and return to Harvard University. Her IMF compensation included a base salary nearing $500,000, supplemented by benefits.

Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund’s No. 2 official, is stepping down at the end of August, giving President Donald Trump an opportunity to name her replacement and put his stamp on the global crisis lender.

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