Céline Allard

Céline Allard heads the Regional Studies Division in the African Department of the International Monetary Fund, where she oversees the publication of the semi-annual Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa report. Before that, she worked in the European Department of the IMF, in the division in charge of Euro Area and EU Policies and previously on a number of advanced, transition and low-income countries. Before joining the IMF, she worked at the French Ministry of Finance. She holds a post-graduate degree from the Sorbonne University and graduate degrees from Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and Finance (ENSAE) and from Ecole Polytechnique.