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People: Georgian board approves new governor; T&T gets new board
Koba Gvenetadze clears penultimate hurdle to becoming National Bank of Georgia governor; six new directors join the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; BIS names Alexandre Lamfalussy fellow
People: New York Fed research head retires, RBNZ appoints new head of currency
James McAndrews will leave the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after 19 years; Steve Gordon gets new portfolio at RBNZ; and more
People: Georgian central bank nears new governor, RBI appoints executive director
Georgian parliament approves president’s nominee for governorship, now central bank board must do the same; Kanungo becomes newest executive director of the RBI; and more
People: Haitian ex-governor appointed prime minister; Egyptian ex-governor rejoins largest bank
Ex-governor becomes interim premier amid severe political instability; Egyptian ex-governor returns to country’s largest commercial bank; Venezuelan central bank appoints new director
Peter Pang retires as HKMA deputy
Pang, one of three deputy chief executives, retires after more than 10 years in the role; he will be succeeded by Howard Lee, but responsibility for research passes to Eddie Yue
Bank of Canada picks ‘renowned and prolific’ new deputy
Sylvain Leduc chosen as new deputy governor, bringing a lengthy list of publications and a ‘deep understanding’ of the international monetary system; deputy duties also reshuffled
Senate committee chair urged to clear backlog of nominees
Nominees to Federal Reserve board of governors among those waiting to learn fate; delay reportedly stems from disagreement over another key Fed post
Ten Fed presidents handed new terms
All presidents and first-vice presidents at the 12 reserve banks now have terms that run to end of February, 2021; Powell insists there was a ‘rigorous process’
Former PBoC deputy to head up embattled regulator
Central bank veteran Liu Shiyu replaces Xiao Gang as head of China Securities Regulatory Commission in highly publicised reshuffle
People: Philadelphia Fed names first VP; five new vice presidents at AIIB
James Narron named vice-president and COO of Philadelphia Fed; five new vice-presidents join executive team at AIIB; and more
Certified central bankers: BoE launches new qualification
BoE says 80 students to begin postgraduate study in October; retiring Paul Fisher to help design and teach latter stages of qualification
Lagarde only candidate for IMF top job
Executive board says Lagarde the only person put forward during nomination period, which closed yesterday; selection process to be completed ‘as soon as possible’
People: Mozambique deputy moves to airline; Mervyn King joins Aston Villa FC board
Bank of Mozambique deputy moved from central bank to national airline; former BoE governor joins premier league team board of directors; and more
Clock ticking on Georgian governor appointment
Georgian central bank governor's term expires on February 26, but it is unclear who will hold the post moving forwards; vice governors could also change later in the year
People: ECB names new budget and finance head; long-serving Fed director to retire
Roberto Schiavi will become ECB’s director general budget and finance in March; Fed’s Louise Roseman to retire as director of reserve bank operations and payment systems; and more
State Bank of Pakistan reveals first MPC members
Formation of monetary policy committee is part of a broader drive towards independence and inflation targeting; one seat remains unfilled
Andrew Bailey agrees to lead FCA
PRA chief executive accepts top job at UK’s other financial regulator after being asked to take the role, but may not make the move for some months
People: Tombini takes FSB committee chair; Al-Wazir moves to IMF
Alexandre Tombini is appointed to chair budget committee; former PMA governor joins IMF; Kazakh sovereign wealth fund replaces its chairman; and more
Lagarde nominated for second term as IMF head
Christine Lagarde is backed by UK and Germany for a second term as managing director when her first expires in July; the International Monetary Fund launches the selection process
Flurry of new central bank heads could continue into 2016
The past three months have brought 10 new central bank governors and a Fed president, after a period of relative stability; Central Bank Directory 2016 shows other terms expiring this year
Economists say Rajan has good chance of staying as RBI governor – if he wants to
Raghuram Rajan is popular enough to be reappointed when his first term ends later this year, but he may have other appealing options, according to observers
Governor Craigg ends 37 years of service at the Central Bank of the Bahamas
Former finance secretary John Rolle succeeds Wendy Craigg, who takes up the role of adviser to the prime minister
People: NBIM names real estate CEO; Gerlach moves to private sector
Norges Bank Real Estate Management gets CEO; Stefan Gerlach takes up new role at Swiss private bank BSI; and more
National Bank of Denmark to establish research unit
Central bank looks to bolster analytical work with new unit; advertises for a head of research with a track record of academic achievements and fluency in English to recruit and lead new team