People: Greek PM’s adviser moves to central bank; Kyrgyz central bank appoints new deputy

Greece: Iannis Mourmouras was yesterday sworn in as deputy governor of the Bank of Greece, returning the board to full strength. He begins a six-year term at the central bank.

A professor of macroeconomics, Mourmouras joins the central bank having been chief economic adviser to the prime minister of Greece, and before that deputy finance minister. He holds a professorship at the University of Macedonia, and has held positions at the universities of London, Southampton and Edinburgh.

Mourmouras's research has centred around economic and monetary union in Europe, a subject he has written a number of books and papers on. His specialisms include sovereign-bank feedback loops in the eurozone periphery.

Mourmouras will join another former finance ministry official on the board; governor Yannis Stournaras was the Greek finance minister until he moved to the central bank in June this year.

Georgios Provopoulos, the previous governor, is understood to have sought a second term, but was asked to step aside after a government reshuffle freed Stournaras to take the post.

Kyrgyz Republic: Two new individuals have joined the board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR), replacing a deputy governor and board member whose terms have expired.

Lada Orozbaeva takes the position of Zair Chokoev as one of three deputy governors at the central bank. She joins the central bank from a consultancy role at microfinance organisation Finca, and has previously held roles in both private and public sectors.

This will be the second time Orozbaeva has worked at the central bank. In 1995 she joined the NBKR as a senior analyst in the banking supervision department, gradually rising through the ranks until she joined the president of the Kyrgyz Republic's economic and social policy department.

She became head of the department in 2009. Orozbaeva also holds a degree from Moscow State University and has also studied at the University of Kentucky.

Nurlanbek Sagyndykov joins the NBKR as a board member, replacing Saltanat Alybaeva. He joins the central bank from Dos Kredobank, where he was deputy chairman.

Sagyndykov's career was entirely based in the private sector until his appointment to the NBKR board. After graduating from the Kyrgyz National University he became head of marketing and customer service at JSC Savings and Settlement. In 2003, he moved to Ecobank as head of marketing and analysis, eventually being appointed chairman in 2007.