IMF RETIREES ASSOCIATION

700 19TH Street, N.W., Rm HQ2 05A-212, Washington, D.C. 20431 Tel: 202-623-8140, Fax: 202-623-9411, E-mail: Imfra@imf.org

April 9, 2014

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
In preparation for the election of three Directors at the 34th Annual Meeting of the IMF Retirees Association, which is to be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, the Election Committee, chaired by Ian McDonald1, has nominated the following candidates (asterisk indicates incumbent):

John P. (Jack) Kennedy (United States) Joined the Fund in 1986 as Consultant in Staff Development. He was appointed Senior Personnel Officer in 1988 and rose through the ranks from Assistant Division Chief to Assistant Director, Immediate Office HRD. He retired from the Fund in July 2008.

Saqib Rizavi (Pakistan) Joined the Fund staff in1991 as Economist in the Middle Eastern Department. He worked subsequently as an Economist and Senior Economist in the Policy Development and Review Department (now SPR), transferring to the Western Hemisphere Department where he worked in the Caribbean II Division and as Resident Representative in Guyana. He retired from the Fund in November 2008. Angela Wall (Barbados) Joined the Fund as Staff Assistant in the Administration Department in 1971. She subsequently served in the Fiscal Affairs and Western Hemisphere Departments and became a Human Resources Officer in 1994. She retired from the Fund in 2004 as Assistant to the Senior Personnel Manager, Immediate Office, Research Department.

Mohamed Wasfy (Egypt)* Was appointed to the Fund in 1971 as Technical Assistant to Executive Director. In 1980 he joined the Bureau of Statistics as an Economist, becoming Senior Economist in 1992. Subsequently, he served as Assistant to the Director in the Bureau of Language Services and retired from the Fund in 2002 as Senior Economist in the Statistics Department.

Ian McDonald (Chair), Alice Lieberman, Ana Stevens, and Horst Struckmeyer.

As there are four candidates for three positions, the election will be determined by votes cast by ballot. According to the Associations By-Laws, votes may be cast by mail or at the annual meeting. Mail has been defined to include postal, electronic, and facsimile transmissions. Ballots cast will be counted and verified by the Election Committee. A copy of the ballot is attached. Ballots cast by mail, email, or facsimile must be received by Wednesday, May 7, 2014. All ballots must contain the voting retirees name and Fund staff ID number. Mail ballots should be clearly marked Ballot on the front of the envelope and mailed to the IMF Retirees Association, Rm HQ2-05A-212, 700 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20431. If you are voting electronically, simply send an email providing your name, Fund staff ID number and the names of the three candidates for whom you are voting to imfraelections@imf.org. Facsimile ballots should again give the voting retirees name and Fund staff ID number and be faxed to (202) 623-9411.

Retirees casting their ballots at the annual meeting will be asked to identify themselves with their Fund staff ID and to vote at the beginning of the meeting. If possible, the Election Committee will announce the results of the election by the end of the annual meeting.