“I think I have all of the qualifications to run the institution. I have 30 years of public service. I have a PHD from the University of Chicago. I have worked all my life in matters relevant for the Fund. I was the Executive Director of the Fund, the Deputy Managing Director of the Fund, in charge of the relationship with 80 countries. I was Minister of Finance of Mexico and now I am the Governor of the central bank. I have wide experience, I have participated in the G20, part of the steering committee of the Financial Stability Board, I’m a board member of the Bank for International Settlements. I know the institution from all different angles. I know the Fund as a member of the staff and its management, I was an Executive Director and I know the Fund, having been in authority with a lot stake at the Fund. I think I make a good candidate.” And despite all that…
Nothing about how he would react in a scenario wherein he was surrounded by hotel maids and “no one would find out,” i.e. this resume is going directly to the trash.
Agustin Carstens is Mesican for Augustus Gloop.
Orale Pues!
… and I’m fat too!
So he will be too slow for us to have to worry about him chasing maids and subordinates. And he can threaten to sit on George Papandreou
CFA?
Is Jabba the Hut really the best choice?
Well, he sure does exemplify Mexico being the fattest country in the world (ahead of the US)….. now let me eat my fried burritos in peace….
I think he failed Level II twice…swaps were a killer. Word is he’ll settle for a CIMA
TLDL
Think this dude and Lagarde need to duke it out old school: kiddie pool, jello, Van Halen playing in the background on a beat up boom box
He definitely has wide experience.
Yes, but Legarde has broad experience.
On mute he screams Italian… close enough. I got no problem with this.
christ stop starting sentences with I
Don´t send a PIG to prevent the PIGS of bail out, the best candidate is Nouriel Roubini
I am so overflowing with fat, mexican, CFA v MBA v PhD and maid-rape jokes that I might explode. Think this will please the DB readers the most….
“Mr. Carstens, your credentials are impressive. However, can you touch, or even see, your toes?”
Lo que es un hermoso culo!
His resume looks good but, Alas, he’s not a member of the “tribe” no way they’ll let anyone else run the most poweful organization in the worlld
All the women who work at the IMF should get to choose who the next leader of the IMF will be. That will teach all a lesson.
present them.
- Cartman
Like his predecessors, he doesn’t have a neck either. He’s hired.
Sorry folks, only Gods Chosen need apply.
Shouldn’t you be out burning a cross right now?
Dennis Blunden thinks he can make the jump from Head of the Class to Head of the IMF?
i love guacomole…and I think he may as well….
he makes Chris Christie look svelte
Is it not a fact that mostly all of the former heads of the IMF are Jewish?
Tell you what, lets make a bet. If the next one is, I’ll stop posting here and eat crow. But if he is, you must. Deal?
take your shitty jokes back to business insider
um and what lesson would that be?
Mr. Carstens, please see Ms. Levin’s 2nd posting of the day and get back to us after appropriate actions have been taken.
“I know the Fund. I was an Executive Director of the Fund. The Fund is a friend of mine. I think the Fund would make a great snack. I’m hungry….”
It’s NBD. The IMF Managing Director never sticks it out in any case.
Lay off everyone, the poor guy just figured out how he can finally get laid. It’s perfectly understandable.
If 2 out of the prior 11 would be considered “mostly all of” then you are correct.
But how about we make a better deal: If the next MD is not Jewish, you kill yourself. If the next MD is Jewish, you kill yourself.
Sounds like he touched a nerve.
The correct number is nine.
Sometimes the truth hurts.
Come on, no “too big to _______ ” tag or joke?
Love the tags Bess. They made my day.
Fat Fuck
Let’s go eat a goddamn snack!
primary qualification is guacamole
he’s a mexican jew–there are alot of jews in mexico- in case you idiots did not know-fyi.
If Europe’s tradition in retaining a European head of the IMF because it is supposedly better for the world is absurd! You can not judge a persons experience,education and skill based on their nationality, that is crazy, the IMF has always given the position to European Citizens without any real consideration of qualified candidates; Hence, look at the financial position Europe is in NOW!