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People: Sri Lanka and Paraguay name new board members
RA Jayatissa and Carlos Carballo Spalding join central bank boards in Sri Lanka and Paraguay respectively; UK firm VocaLink names new CRO
Alexandre Lamfalussy: 1929–2015
Those who knew him pay tribute to the former president of the European Monetary Institute and general manager of the Bank for International Settlements
Ugandan governor on road to recovery after falling ill
Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile treated in hospital after falling ill last week; now in South Africa for ‘medical review’ where central bank says he is ‘in good spirits’
Malta names Alfred Mifsud as deputy governor
Former chairman of Crystal Finance Investments joins the central bank as a deputy governor; he will ‘primarily’ focus on monetary policy during his five-year term
Early contenders emerge as Irish governor announces departure
Central Bank of Ireland governor announces intention to retire later this year, with a handful of names already surfacing as possible successors
People: Malaysia appoints assistant governor; BoJ board member approved
Bank Negara Malaysia names Mohd Adhari Belal Din as assistant governor, while Marzunisham Omar takes office at the IMF; Japanese government approves Yutaka Harada as BoJ board member
PBoC continues leadership reshuffle
Two assistant governors appointed at the People’s Bank of China; swap lines agreed with Australian and South African counterparts
People: New deputy in Pakistan; BoE’s Cornish leaves PRA
State Bank of Pakistan promotes chief economic adviser; founding board member of the Prudential Regulation Authority steps down; Uruguayan governor and deputy confirmed; and more
Former Bulgarian deputy charged with ‘abuse of office’
Rumen Simeonov accused by prosecutor of not taking action on failed Corporate Commercial Bank despite knowing the institution was in trouble
People: NY Fed names first vice president; HKMA promotes research head
Michael Strine succeeds Christine Cumming as first vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Lillian Cheung becomes executive director for research in Hong Kong; and more
South African MPC member named deputy governor
Adviser to governor and MPC member Kuben Naidoo will assume post on April 1; central bank kept benchmark rate unchanged yesterday despite ‘deterioration’ in inflation outlook
FSB adds new emerging market members
Five new institutions join Financial Stability Board as part of efforts to improve emerging market representation; Glenn Stevens takes over as standing committee chair from Agustín Carstens
People: Dallas Fed names interim president; Ukraine adds deputy governor
Helen Holcomb holds the fort at Dallas Fed after Richard Fisher retires; National Bank of Ukraine appoints another acting deputy governor; Cleveland Fed names new research head; and more
People: BoE appoints general counsel; Chicago Booth professor joins Slovakian board
Sonya Branch takes up top legal role at BoE; National Bank of Slovakia board now five-strong; Bank Negara Malaysia appoints debt resolution committee chairman; and more
Sri Lankan governor ‘on leave’ during government inquiry
Arjuna Mahendran is taking a period of leave while the government investigates the practices around Treasury bond auctions at the central bank; only appointed in January
Cyprus governor 'will not resign' despite political pressure
Chrystalla Georghadji will continue exercising her duties as governor despite the Cypriot president ordering an investigation into what he perceives as a ‘conflict of interest’
Security at Bank of Albania improved in wake of theft
Governor Gent Sejko insists security at the central bank is ‘at the right levels’ following the $5.2 million theft from its vaults last year; calls for vigilance from staff members
Kenyans invited to apply for central bank governor job
Next Central Bank of Kenya governor to be chosen by president after advert for job published yesterday, inviting Kenyans to apply for role
Brazilian deputy picked as BIS deputy general manager
Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva to join the BIS as deputy general manager when Hervé Hannoun retires later this year
PBoC appoints new deputies
Guo Qingping and Fan Yifei take up roles as deputy governors at the People’s Bank of China, but one seat on the board is seemingly left open
People: Blejer named adviser to Bank of Albania governor; Chile gets new statistics head
Mario Blejer, a former governor of Argentina’s central bank, will serve as an adviser to the new Bank of Albania governor; Central Bank of Chile names new statistics head; and more
Philadelphia Fed names Patrick Harker president
Charles Plosser retired yesterday and Patrick Harker will take the reins in July; his background includes a host of academic posts and a spell on the Philadelphia Fed board
Carstens picked to head IMFC
Bank of Mexico governor will succeed Tharman Shanmugaratnam as head of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee
Outgoing Belgian governor takes ECB role
Luc Coene named as one of four ECB representatives on the SSM supervisory board, a role he will start after stepping down as National Bank of Belgium governor next month