Camille Gutt

Camille Gutt
Gutt at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944
Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fund
In office
6 May 1946 – 5 May 1951
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIvar Rooth
Personal details
Born
Camille Guttenstein

(1884-11-14)14 November 1884
Brussels, Belgium
Died7 June 1971(1971-06-07) (aged 86)
Brussels, Belgium
Alma materUniversité Libre de Bruxelles
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • economist

Camille Gutt (14 November 1884 – 7 June 1971), born Camille Guttenstein, was a Belgian economist, politician, and industrialist who served as the first managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1946 to 1951. He was the architect of a monetary reform plan that facilitated the recovery of the economy of Belgium after the Second World War.