Peter Nicholl on rebuilding Bosnia’s central bank
The former RBNZ deputy governor on how he tackled financial instability in the aftermath of a war
How did you become governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
I was approached by the International Monetary Fund where I had been working for about three months. Somebody came into my office and asked me if I was interested in being governor of a central bank. If you’ve been deputy governor, you’re always interested in being governor. Then he said: “It’s Bosnia”. And I said: “I might have to think about that”.
When did you start working there?
The bank itself was formed in
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