Dr. Ghayad is an economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and a faculty member at Harvard University. He is also a founding member of the Institute for Career Transitions at MIT and a board member of  both the American Foundation for Educational Excellence and the International Foundation for Women's Empowerment.

Ghayad is an expert on unemployment and job creation, sovereign debt restructuring, and financial sector reform. His broad research revolves around inequality, economic growth and development, and labor market policy.  He holds a PhD in economics, three Master's degrees in finance, public policy, and economics, and an undergraduate degree in mathematical economics.