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People: EBRD appoints new chief economist
Slovakia and Sweden reappoint board members; Spain names new director-general of services
Spanish governor de Cos now leads Basel Committee
Stefan Ingves steps down as chairman after nearly eight years in role
Four candidates lead race to succeed HKMA chief
Candidates include three HKMA deputy chief executives and a deputy chief at the securities watchdog
Duterte picks government insider to lead Philippine central bank
Surprise choice for central bank chief rattles markets
Weidmann given second term leading Bundesbank
Deutsche Bundesbank’s distributable profit rises to €2.4 billion
Slovak finance minister will be next central bank governor
President chooses Kažimir at very late stage as central bank attacks police over employee arrests
Brazilian senate confirms new central bank president
Roberto Campos Neto arrives to the Central Bank of Brazil after 18 years at Banco Santander
ECJ rules that Latvian governor was unlawfully removed
Latvian authorities failed to produce convincing evidence of wrong-doing by Ilmārs Rimšēvičs – ECJ
Campa confirmed as EBA head
Next EBA chief warns staffing levels may not be enough for AML duties
Philippines governor Espenilla dies after 18 months in office
Career central banker tightened monetary policy and championed payment system reforms
Kazakhstan’s senate appoints new central bank governor
Change comes after president demands government’s resignation due to poor economic performance
Suriname’s president fires central bank governor
Decision comes after central bank refused to finance public spending, regional reports say
HKMA chief Norman Chan to retire in October
Chan’s leadership saw HKMA gain stronger macro-prudential powers
EBA board nominates Spanish candidate as next head
José Manuel Campa has served as academic, banker and junior finance minister
People: Stanley Fischer joins BlackRock in advisory role
Veteran central banker moves back to private sector; Jamaica begins search for new governor; El Salvador governor assumes presidency of regional council
Estonian board nominates deputy governor to lead central bank
Candidate must now undergo three months of background checks by security service
Senior Italian government members attack central bank and regulator
Dispute over central bank deputy governor and chief regulator now very likely
Trump administration nominates David Malpass as next World Bank head
Nomination comes despite inaccurate pre-crisis predictions and criticism of global institutions
People: Ghana’s Addison to chair Ecowas governors
Thailand appoints assistant governor; Vietnam announces deputy payments director
Lack of diversity signals risks, Irish regulator says
Diversity matters to performance, Rowland says, adding the issue is not restricted to gender
People: Israeli deputy to leave the central bank
Baudot-Trajtenberg to step down from deputy governor post; Argentina gets new board director and president of national mint; and more
Austrian far-right party nominates economist for governor
Robert Holzmann has distinguished career as pensions specialist, but political links may cause controversy
Rwanda’s Rwangombwa handed second term
Rwanda’s governor handed second term
People: Mexico appoints two new deputy governors
Federal Reserve appoints new research director and IADB makes Chilean official chief economist