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Stanley Fischer (1943-) was born in Zambia. He took the B.Sc. (Econ) and M.Sc. (Econ) at the London School of Economics from 1962-1966, and obtained his Ph.D. in economics at MIT in 1969. He is Vice Chairman of Citigroup, President of Citigroup International, and Head of the Public Sector Client Group. Mr. Fischer joined Citigroup in February 2002. He is a member of the Citigroup Management Committee. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Fischer was the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, from September 1994 until the end of August 2001.
Before he joined the IMF, Mr. Fischer was the Killian Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology). From January 1988 to August 1990 he was Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist at the World Bank. He has also held consulting appointments with the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Treasury, and the Bank of Israel.
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