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Saade Chami
About Dr. Saade Chami is an economist and public servant with over 35 years of experience in international and national institutions. He served as Lebanon’s Deputy Prime Minister from September 2021 to February 2025, where he led the government’s economic reform efforts and negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), culminating in a preliminary agreement in April 2022. He also chaired several committees focused on economic and structural reforms. Dr. Chami spent two decades at the IMF, leading missions in the Middle East and contributing to programs in Europe, Africa, and Asia. His last roles included Assistant Director in the Middle East and Central Asia Department and Director of the IMF’s Middle East Technical Assistance Center. He later served as Secretary General of the Capital Markets Authority and as Group Chief Economist at the National Bank of Kuwait. Dr. Chami advised the Lebanese government on reforms that underpinned the 2007 Paris III donor conference. Earlier in his career, he taught economics and finance at the American University of Beirut from 1987 to 1993, where he served for one year as Director of the Graduate School of Business. He was also an advisor to the Central Bank of Lebanon, McKinsey & Co., as well as other public institutions. Issues of Expertise Economics, Finance, Capital Markets, political economy, and public policy Countries of Expertise MENA region, Europe, Asia Languages Arabic, English and French |
