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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
Armenia central bank chair wins second six-year term
Arthur Javadyan will remain at the helm of the Central Bank of Armenia for another six years; country is entering into another programme with the IMF
Bowles turns down ECB invite to join Supervisory Board
Sharon Bowles, who is stepping down from the European Parliament this month, fears the ECB is eyeing an expansion of its influence through macro-prudential policy
Fijian deputy out, governor could be next
The deputy governor at Fiji’s central bank announces his retirement, while the president hesitates over whether to hand the governor a second term
State secretary takes over at Kyrgyz central bank
Head of the government’s economics department, Tolkunbek Abdygulov, is appointed acting governor of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic at the age of 37
People: Bank of Russia replaces retiring deputy; Subbarao goes to Singapore
Bank of Russia appoints two to replace retiring deputy governor Golubev; former RBI governor takes visiting fellowship at National University of Singapore; and more
Wathra appointed Pakistan governor
Ashraf Mahmood Wathra joined the central bank as a deputy governor last year, and has now been handed a three-year term as governor
Central Bank of Hungary makes ‘criminal complaint’ against board member
Hungary’s central bank has made a ‘criminal complaint’ against one of its own staff members, as well as a media outlet, over allegations about its use of public funds
Coen appointed new Basel Committee secretary-general
William Coen takes over Basel Committee secretariat after seven years as deputy; Wayne Byres leaves to head Australia’s prudential regulator
People: RBI executive director retires; top law award for Zambian deputy
G Gopalakrishna retires after 33 years with the RBI; Zambia's Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula recognised for legal achievements; and more
New governor aims to restore trust in Bank of Korea
Juyeol Lee will seek a ‘rebirth' of the Bank of Korea as a central bank that is ‘trusted by the Korean people'
Kyrgyz governor steps down after three years
Governor announces intention to leave central bank before term is up due to ‘family circumstances’; emphasises success of ‘radical reforms’ in past three years at the helm
People: Maldives governor approved; Nigeria deputy starts
Maldives parliament approves president's second choice nomination for governor; new Nigerian deputy takes up his post; Pope appoints adviser to Vatican ‘central bank'
Bank of Canada names Carolyn Wilkins as number two
Carolyn Wilkins will be the first female senior deputy governor in the Bank of Canada’s history; served as the central bank’s head of financial stability 2011-2013
People's Bank of China hires Ma Jun as chief economist
High profile China economist makes switch to central bank to participate in ‘aggressive' economic reforms to ‘shape the future' of China's economy
Ukraine central bank gets new audit committee
Refreshed oversight council gives blessing to new deputy governors and establishes new audit committee; daily FX benchmarks will now be effective immediately
Bank of Canada appoints first COO
Filipe Dinis appointed as Bank of Canada’s first-ever chief operating officer; assumes oversight of the central bank’s strategic planning, administrative functions and operations
People: New deputies at RBI and Bank of Latvia; Russia appoints director
RBI fills seat vacated by Anand Sinha; Zoja Razmusa becomes deputy governor at Bank of Latvia; Olga Alexandrovna appointed as director at the Bank of Russia
Bank of England puts 19th century minutes online
Newly released archival material reveals daring exploits of staff during WW1; the battle to stem an epidemic of counterfeiting in the 18th and 19th century; and more
National Bank of Ukraine heads for IT regime following clear-out of senior staff
Ukraine central bank will institute an inflation-targeting regime, after the former governor was dismissed along with his deputy and two departmental directors
New governor for Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
New governor takes over at a time of change for the RBZ, which is aiming to regain control over interest rates and the banking sector