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Antoinette Monsio Sayeh

Antoinette was born on 12th July, 1958 in
Monrovia, Liberia. She is a Liberian economist and
Deputy Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). Sayeh served as the Director
of the African Department at the IMF from July 14,
2008 to August 31, 2016.

Prior to her term at the IMF, she served from 2006
to 2008 as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sayeh

Agnes Kalibata
On 16th December, 2019, United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres
announced the appointment of Agnes
Kalibata as his Special Envoy for the 2021
Food Systems Summit.

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was the second woman in Liberia’s history to hold Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe (H.E.)
that position, the first being Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Kapwepwe is a Zambian accountant and corporate
executive, who serves as the Secretary General
Sayeh is a graduate of Swarthmore College and of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where Africa (COMESA), effective 18 July 2018. Prior to
she received her MA and Ph.D in International her current assignment, she was the chairperson of
Economic Relations. Zambia Revenue Authority.

Speaking in a televised interview this year, she Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe is a Fellow of the
highlighted some of the Fund’s initiatives in helping Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants
countries tackle the Covid-19 pandemic including (ACCA) of the United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the
the approval of over $100billion in total financing Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA).
to more than 80 countries across the globe. The
role of the IMF in global finance is beyond question Past assignments include serving as the Executive
and African ambassadors like Sayeh will be at Director for the International Monetary Fund for
the forefront of the Fund’s achievements into the the Africa Group One Constituency, based in
foreseeable future. Washington, DC. Her achievements also place her
in the coveted list of 100 most influential women in
Africa in 2020 and focus remains on her in 2021 as

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