H.E. Dr. Abdelhakim Shibli

Member of JODIC's Board of Directors- Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance

By a Royal Decree H.E. Dr. Abdelhakim Shibli was appointed as Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance on April 30th, 2018.

Dr. Shibli started his professional path at the Central Bank of Jordan as an economist for the period 1991-2004. In 2002 H.E. worked as a part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Jordan, Department of Economics. Furthermore Dr. Shibli moved to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation for the period 2004 - 2007 as an economic advisor to oversee a comprehensive risk analysis system that anticipate future economic risk and recommend mitigation policies. Afterwards, Dr. Shibli moved to work at the Prime Ministry for the period 2007 - 2010, as an economist at the Millennium Challenge Unit, then he moved to the Ministry of Finance to chair the Directorate of Studies and Economic Policies as a Director for the period 2010-2018.

Dr. Shibli took a part in several Governmental committees, worked as a core economic team at Ministry of Finance and on IMF program, the World Bank and the Arab Monetary Fund.

H.E. has worked in the economic and financial policy formulation and the implementation of important national and international programs such as the Economic and Social Reform initiative, the Financial Reform Program, the Modernization of Financial Management and the Revision Program with the IMF. Dr. Shibli represented the Ministry of Finance in several institutions and companies in which the Government of Jordan have shares as a board member of directors, official committees.

Dr. Shibli published several research papers regarding the economic and banking sector as well as published a book entitled “The Monetary Policy Transition”, LAP Publishing 2011.

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics specializing in macroeconomics and fiscal policy, from Leeds University Business School\ UK.