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Ireland names new chief economist
Gabriel Fagan leaves ECB to join Central Bank of Ireland; succeeds Lars Frisell, who now lectures in the IMF Africa Training Institute in Mauritius
People: Emefiele to chair key WAMZ committee; BIS appoints chief rep for Americas
Godwin Emefiele elected as chairman of the West African Monetary Zone’s committee of governors; Spanish economist Enrique Alberola Ila takes BIS post; more
Israel governor Flug appoints new chief of staff
Daniel Hahiashvili appointed as chief of staff to the governor today; incumbent Eddy Azoulay moves to represent Israel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
People: Sri Lanka promotes Samarasiri to deputy; Russia picks card system head
Central Bank of Sri Lanka promotes assistant governor Samarasiri to deputy; Russia appoints Vladimir Komlev to head up national payment card operator
Icelandic police chief heads ‘bizarre' committee to choose next governor
Icelandic economists criticise choice of Reykjavik police chief to chair three-person panel charged with recommending the next central bank governor
Gualtieri elected chair of ECB watchdog committee
New Econ Committee members approve Italian socialist as chair; Gualtieri faces an early test of his composure as German politician Bernd Lucke is rejected as vice-chair
People: Deputy governors appointed in Russia and India
China Investment Corporation appoints fifth executive vice-president; new director of insurance supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland
RBI hiring 53 sportspeople out of civic duty
Reserve Bank of India is looking to recruit people from a host of sporting backgrounds, including cricket and table tennis, to working in support roles at the central bank
Bank of Thailand promotes five assistant governors
Thai central bank names five assistant governors in anticipation of a host of retirements in September; follows appointment of new deputy governor last month
People: Greek governor confirmed; Ingves re-appointed to Basel Committee
The appointment of Yannis Stournaras as Bank of Greece governor has been confirmed in parliament; Ingves has a new term at the Basel committee; and more
Bank of Korea brings back Jang as new governor Lee's number two
Jang Byung Wha returns to the Bank of Korea as senior deputy governor; latest in series of organisational changes that has brought a new head of reserves and MPC member
People: Czech comms head moves to general secretariat; RBNZ board names new member
Czech National Bank appoints Marek Petruš to head general secretariat; Tania Simpson named as RBNZ director; New Zealand SWF gets new CIO; Bank of Russia Moscow head on the move
Ukraine parliament appoints new central bank governor
Ukraine central bank governor Stepan Kubiv replaced with investment banker Valeria Gontareva after parliament approves presidential bill
BoE's newest MPC member defends limited experience of ‘core' issues
Kristin Forbes says her knowledge of international capital flows brings ‘direct expertise to the UK'; describes herself as someone willing to break ranks
Ukraine president moves to replace central bank chief
Newly elected president of Ukraine puts bill before parliament to replace central bank governor Stepan Kubiv with investment banker Valeria Gontareva
Australian sovereign wealth fund appoints new head
Chief investment officer David Neal picked to head up the management company behind Australia's $90 billion Future Fund
People: Venezuela finance minister to sit on central bank board; and more
Venezuelan finance minister gets a seat on the central bank board; Bank of Japan London representative moves home to head up international division; and more
Provopoulos steps aside as Stournaras named new Bank of Greece governor
Yannis Stournaras, until Monday Greece's minister of finance, will be the new governor of the Bank of Greece pending cabinet approval, when Provopoulos's term expires next week
Bank of Korea slowly tackling gender imbalance
Number of female hires at Korean central bank grew steadily throughout former governor Kim Choong Soo’s tenure; first female deputy governor appointed in July 2013
People: German and Dutch central banks lose board members; Philadelphia Fed appoints research head
Longest-serving Bundesbank executive board member to step down; Netherlands Bank loses governing board member; Philadelphia Fed replaces departed Loretta Mester; more
People: Dewatripont is new Belgian no.2; RBA appoints new economics research head
Mathias Dewatripont replaces Françoise Masai as vice-governor of the National Bank of Belgium; RBA promotes Alexandra Heath as Jonathan Kearns heads for the BIS; and more
Obama urged to fill Fed board with community bankers and financial reform champions
Leading Democrats on Senate Banking Committee say it is 'critical' that two vacant Fed board seats are filled by nominees with 'strong commitment to financial reform'
Bank of England appoints ten new directors
Names are unveiled ahead of the BoE's sweeping structural overhaul that comes into force next week; nine out of 10 appointees comes from inside the bank
Bank of Thailand appoints new deputy; ex governor hired by military regime
Central bank board appoints one new deputy and changes the portfolio of another; ex governor Pridiyathorn Devakula named economic adviser to military junta, again