Cover Story: IMF Chief Georgieva on How to Operate in World of Uncertainty

Since she became managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2019, Kristalina Georgieva has seen how fast the world can change.

Her last trip to China was a case in point. When she arrived in early December to meet with former Premier Li Keqiang for the “1+6” roundtable — an annual dialogue China holds with six major global economic and financial organizations — the government was holding on to strict Covid-19 controls to try to stamp out the virus. By the time she left, the controls had already been relaxed.