Bessent’s chief of staff Katz to join the IMF: sources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Chief of Staff Dan Katz is set to leave the Trump administration and join the International Monetary Fund as the first deputy managing director, three sources familiar with the matter told The Post.

Katz, a former senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute who joined the Treasury Department in January, will become the most senior American at the IMF, working under Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist and ex-EU commissioner.

“He is one of the secretary’s closest confidantes,” said one insider. “It is a big win for President Trump’s America First economic agenda on the international stage”

Bessent has recently criticized the IMF for “mission creep” and accused it of promoting woke causes.

A Treasury spokesperson declined to comment.