John Lipsky

John Lipsky is an American economist born February 19, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He earned a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA and PhD in economics from Stanford University. He spent a decade at the IMF starting in the mid-1970s, then joined Salomon Brothers in 1984 as chief economist. He later became Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Investment Bank. Lipsky returned to the IMF in 2006 as First Deputy Managing Director and served as acting managing director from May to July 2011.