Mateusz Szczurek
Mateusz Szczurek is a Polish economist and public official who served as Poland's Minister of Finance from 2014 to 2015 in the governments of Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz. He previously worked at the International Monetary Fund, where he led the Fund's mission to Ukraine, and later served as chief economist of the European Investment Bank. In 2025 he was appointed Minister of Finance of Ukraine in the government of Yulia Svyrydenko.
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Ukraine's PM meets IMF's Szczurek ahead of November mission to discuss 2026 budget and 2027 financing needs
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky met with the Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department, Mateusz Szczurek, to discuss execution of Ukraine's 2026 state budget and financing needs for 2027. The talks took place at the start of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings week, with an IMF mission to Ukraine expected in November.