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People: Bank of Israel appoints senior officials
Governor appoints new director-general and head of communications; retired judge heads bank director vetting committee
Netherlands nominates Frank Elderson to the ECB board
NGFS chair would replace Yves Mersch, whose term expires in December 2020
People: UK regulators appoint new complaints commissioner
Central banks in Madagascar and Barbados get new board members
Ukraine replaces deputy governor as more senior officials leave
Latest change at central bank comes as donors watch closely for signs of interference
People: African Development Bank president re-elected for second term
AfDB president gets further five years as chief; Burundi and Guinea appoint vice-governors
Influential Fed economist Thomas Laubach dies
Current and former Fed officials pay tribute to the US central bank’s German influencer, who died on September 2
Carney to lead asset manager’s climate change strategy
Former BoE governor joins Canadian firm Brookfield and will continue in UN climate role
People: IMF appoints strategy head
Pazarbasioglu moves back to IMF; Lithuanian president appoints central bank board member
Norwegian SWF head sells holdings in bid to end dispute
Nicolai Tangen and central bank try to halt major controversy over possible conflict of interests
Zambian president fires central bank governor
President appoints ally to lead central bank after governor warns of economic crisis
MAS chief says it will boost financial sector jobs for locals
Ravi Menon says authorities aim to increase proportion of Singaporeans employed in some roles
People: Central Bank of West Africa governor reappointed for second term
Koné given second six-year term after successful nine years in office; Oman’s sultan selects new central bank board chairman; and Bank of Korea assistant governor awarded deputy governor position
People: RBNZ and Bank Indonesia appoint new deputy governors
Crane Currency names new president; Tainui-Hernandez and Joewono take up deputy governor roles
More changes at top of NBU as donors watch closely
Council approves new deputy governor as NBU confirms strategy director has left
PBoC official joins policy lender after clearing up Baoshang Bank
Zhou Xuedong joins China’s biggest policy lender, as PBoC declares Baoshang Bank bankrupt
Thai cabinet confirms PM’s adviser as new governor
Monetary policy committee member to serve as next Bank of Thailand governor from September
People: BoE governor appoints first female private secretary
St Louis Fed appoints new COO; new appointments at Kazakhstan’s sovereign fund and central bank; and more
People: National Bank of Ukraine appoints new deputy
Heletii has served as Ukraine’s deputy finance minister since July 2018; Jamaica appoints senior deputy governor, MAS has new leader for green finance; IMF names special adviser to Kristalina Georgieva
People: IMF names new Europe chief and secretary
BIS promotes Philip Wooldridge to head up Committee on the Global Financial System
Malawi’s new president dismisses governor
Former World Bank official will take over central bank as country faces uncertain outlook
People: CBSL gains board members; RBNZ forms new department
RBNZ fills two new payments roles; long-time Danish official retires from the central bank; ECB comms chief moves to private sector
Central banks should disclose ethnic pay gaps – BoE research
Diversity pay gap disclosures could result in behavioural change similar to climate risk disclosures, authors argue
Portuguese PM nominates Centeno as next central bank governor
Opposition lawmakers’ bid to block highly rated ex-finance minister seems likely to fail
BoE still falling short of ethnic diversity goal
Central bank has set itself aim of having 13% senior managers from ethnic minorities by 2022