Tamim Bayoumi is currently Deputy Director in the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. As part of his general responsibilities for IMF surveillance, Tamim oversees several strands of the IMF’s multilateral policy and research agenda, including the early warning exercise, country vulnerability assessments, and trade issues. He was previously head of the division covering the United States and Canada in the Western Hemisphere Department, and Chief of the Economic Studies and Modeling Divisions, both in the Research Department.