IMF Senior Resident Representative for India, Bhutan, and Maldives.

Mr. Ranil Salgado, a dual national of the U.S. and Sri Lanka, became the IMF Resident Representative based in Delhi in March 2024. He has been in the IMF for over 27 years and is an Assistant Director in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department (APD).

Prior to his appointment on India and Bhutan, he was most recently the IMF’s mission chief to Japan and supervised work on Timor-Leste and Tonga. He co-edited the book “South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth” that was published in 2023. Among his previous roles in APD, he served as the mission chief to India (2017–2020), the Marshall Islands, Myanmar, and Nepal, as well as chief of the Regional Studies Division and the IMF Resident Representative in Singapore (2005–2008). He also supervised work on Bhutan, the Maldives, and Micronesia.

His time at the IMF includes work in the Western Hemisphere; Research; and Strategy, Policy, and Review Departments.

Prior to joining the IMF, he worked in a strategy management consulting firm and as teaching and research assistants at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He attended the University of Pennsylvania (masters & PhD in economics), along with Harvard University (undergraduate in chemistry) and Cambridge University (masters in biochemistry).