Murtaza Syed is a Pakistani economist and policymaker who served as the acting governor of the State Bank of Pakistan in 2022.

Biography

Syed is a graduate of the

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. During his career, he worked with the

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(IMF) for sixteen years, serving in various capacities at the IMF, working on issues related to

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s and advanced economies and held positions in China and

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. Prior to the IMF, Syed worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Islamabad-based Human Development Center and conducted research at London's

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(IFS). In 2020, Murtaza Syed began a three-year term as Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, appointed by the Federal Government under the State Bank of Pakistan Act 1956 (amended). Syed has published multiple papers on macroeconomic issues and has lectured at Cambridge and Oxford Universities.

References

Living people Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan Pakistani economists Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Oxford {{Pakistan-economist-stub