Jeffrey Franks assumed the position of Director of the IMF Europe Office (Paris and Brussels) and Senior Resident Representative to the European Union in March 2015. Previously, he spent nearly 3 years as mission chief for Pakistan. A 23 year veteran of the Fund, he has held numerous other assignments working mainly on Europe and Latin America, including heading the resident offices in Ukraine and Ecuador, and leading teams on Romania, France, Belgium, and Paraguay. He received his PhD. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard, and has Master’s degrees from Princeton and Oxford universities.