NEW : New York will propose its central bank chief to lead the IMF , state media reports . Carstens worked with the IMF as the executive director for Mexico , Spain , Venezuela and Central America , and was later a deputy managing director there , Notimex said . British Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn would be the first woman to run the IMF . Christine Lagarde resigned amid charges he tried to rape a hotel maid in New York . He denied the allegations in his resignation letter to the fund 's executive board .
NEW : New York will propose its central bank chief to lead the IMF , state media reports . British Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn would be the first woman to run the IMF . Christine Lagarde resigned amid charges he tried to rape a hotel maid in New York . He denied the allegations in his resignation letter to the fund 's executive board .