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      Mindaugas Leika

      Mindaugas Leika

      Senior Financial Sector Expert

      International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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      Mindaugas Leika is a Senior Financial Sector Expert in the Global Market Analysis Division of the International Monetary Fund. His work focuses on developments shaping the financial system, including the interaction between technological innovation, financial institutions, and markets. He co-led the October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report chapter on asset tokenization.
      Before joining the Fund in 2016, he worked in the private sector, focusing on risk management and venture capital investment, and held senior positions at the Central Bank of Lithuania, including Advisor to the Governor, Head of the Central Bank's Financial Stability Division, Member of the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board, and Member of the ECB Banking Supervision Committee. At the Central Bank, Mindaugas helped establish financial stability reporting and coordinated crisis-management activities during the 2008–09 Global Financial Crisis.
      He holds master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vilnius University.