Leading contenders for the IMF top job

Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund late on Wednesday after he was charged earlier this week with sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn denies the charges.

“I want to protect this institution which I have served with honour and devotion, and especially – especially – I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence,” he said, in a letter of resignation to the IMF’s board that was posted on the fund’s website.

But who will now replace him at the IMF? This interactive graphic profiles the leading contenders for the top job.