Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tareq Amer was named the best governor in the Middle East and North Africa for 2017, Global Markets paper reported on Friday.
The announcement was made during the annual meeting of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Amer is due to receive the award on October 14 during a ceremony in Washington.
In an official letter, a copy of which the CBE obtained, the paper’s Managing Editor Toby Fildes said the CBE policies have contributed to putting Egypt’s economy into the right path.
"As a leading architect of Egypt's IMF program and the driving force behind the country’s exchange rate reform, you have played a pivotal role in putting the economy on a sustainable path and restoring the confidence of international investors.This has been enhanced by your commitment to orthodox monetary policy, timely market communication and prudent macro-prudential regulation," Fildes added. 

Source: Mena