Carlo Cottarelli is an Italian economist. From 1981 to 1987, he worked in the Research Department of the Bank of Italy and in Eni from 1987 to 1988. Starting in September 1988 he began working for the International Monetary Fund. On 1 November 2014, he was appointed Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund Board. From 30 October 2017 he is the Director of the Observatory on the Italian Public Accounts (CPI) of the Università Cattolica of Milan.