The Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, assured in an interview with AFP on the sidelines of a speech held on Thursday in Cambridge (Great Britain) that “I am ready” to continue managing the finances. institution

“I’m not looking for people to elect me, I’m making myself available” for my succession, she said in an online interview as European Union (EU) ministers backed her on Tuesday and the IMF officially opened work on Wednesday. the process of appointing its leadership.

The process began on Thursday with the announcement of candidates, who can only be proposed by government representatives to the Fund’s Board of Directors or one of its executives, usually representatives of central banks.

The process will last until the end of April and is based on the principle of “open, transparent merit-based selection,” the IMF said.

The Board of Directors will then approve the list of shortlisted candidates from which the next CEO will be selected.

“I was extremely moved by the support of the European ministers. This is my family, I worked for the European Commission for seven years. But we also received support from developing countries,” Georgieva added.