Amer Bisat

EN Texto em inglês Ainda não há artigo no teu idioma: trecho em inglês.

Amer Bisat (Arabic: عامر البساط) is a Lebanese businessman, academic, and politician, currently serving as the Minister of Economy and Trade in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, formed on 8 February 2025. Bisat is also a professor, author, and trustee of several cultural and art institutions. Until his appointment as Lebanese Minister of Economy, Amer Bisat was the Global Head of Emerging Markets Debt at BlackRock. Before that, he had held senior portfolio management roles at Morgan Stanley and UBS. In the 1990s, he served as a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund where he helped negotiate high profile programs with Russia, Ukraine and Egypt. Bisat taught graduate-level economics courses at Columbia University in New York. His academic work focuses on globalization, economic growth, and financial sector development. He has co-authored academic and policy papers on these topics, contributing to both scholarly and practical discussions on economic policy. Bisat is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a prominent think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. He also served as the Chairman of the Arab Banking Association of North American (ABANA).