H.E. Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the CBUAE and the UAE’s Governor to the IMF, is leading the CBUAE delegation participating in the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, to be held in Washington, D.C., from 13 to 18 April 2026.
The meetings will bring together central bank governors, ministers of finance, and senior representatives of international financial institutions. Together the developments come as the IMF downgrades global growth forecasts for 2026, including the MENA.
The delegation includes H.E. Ebrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, Assistant Governor for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability; H.E. Ahmed Saeed Al Qamzi, Assistant Governor for Banking and Insurance Supervision; and Mohamed Al Marzooqi, Head of the International Relations Department, alongside a number of senior officials from the CBUAE.
During the Spring Meetings, the CBUAE delegation will participate in a series of high-level ministerial meetings and policy dialogue sessions through the G20 and BRICS platforms, in addition to the meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) and the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) Group.
These discussions will support effective international coordination of monetary and fiscal policies and facilitate the exchange of expertise on best practices in financial supervision.
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