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Andrew Bailey to join interim UK Financial Policy Committee
Bailey to join June meeting of interim Financial Policy Committee as a voting member; takes over as head of the Prudential Business Unit at the FSA in the same month
Brazil’s Tombini seeks appointment of new director
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil nominates candidate to become director of special affairs; former governor Henrique Meirelles announced as chairman of Lazard Americas
Outgoing governor criticises Spanish government’s fiscal position
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez, outgoing governor of the Bank of Spain, criticises government’s fiscal position; speculation begins over successor
New members admitted to BoE Court
Queen of England approves government recommendations; Bradley Fried, Tim Frost and Dave Prentis become non-executive directors of the Bank of England
Estonian governor awarded termination payment
Andres Lipstok will receive a full year’s salary when he leaves the Bank of Estonia next month; payment awarded in recognition of contribution to successful management of the central bank
Kansas Fed president supports bankers on boards of directors
Esther George says there is a place for bankers on Federal Reserve Bank boards of directors; but if they contravene the code of conduct, they should resign
Euroclear announces new chairman
Marc Antoine Autheman elected to take over as chairman from January 1, 2013; becomes deputy president in the meantime
New deputy governor for State Bank of Vietnam
Vietnamese prime minister appoints Dao Minh Tu; joins five other deputy governors at the central bank
Posen to leave Bank of England’s MPC
Adam Posen will not seek reappointment to Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee; takes on role as president of Peterson Institute of International Economics
US Senate confirms new Federal Reserve Board members
Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell secure bipartisan support from members of Congress to be confirmed for positions on Federal Reserve Board
ECB honours González-Páramo as police remove protestors
ECB holds event to celebrate work of José Manuel González-Páramo during his term as a member of the executive board on the same day a protest camp is cleared from outside the building
Central Bank of Ireland’s McMahon lands at UK accountancy firm
Former head of financial institutions at Central Bank of Ireland appointed global head of bank regulation and restructuring at accountancy firm, Mazars
FDIC announces departure of general counsel
Michael Krimminger set to leave Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation later this month; joins Washington, DC law firm
Have your say on the next governor of the BoE
CentralBanking.com is running a poll asking about the credentials Mervyn King’s successor should possess
Bank of Lithuania names Rūta Rodzko director of economics and financial stability
Restructuring at Bank of Lithuania sees Rūta Rodzko appointed to lead new economics and financial stability service
Netherlands Bank appoints new chair of supervisory board
Alexander Rinnooy Kan to take office on July 1; replaces Fokko van Duyne, who has served maximum allowed term
New deputy enforcement head at SEC
New York office chief George Canellos moves to Washington, DC
Mowry promoted to head IT division at Fed
Sharon Mowry named director of information technology and chief information officer at US Federal Reserve
Central Bank of Nigeria embroiled in plagiarism row
Central Bank of Nigeria responds to reports of legal action regarding plagiarism in public addresses given by governor Sanusi; stresses strict ethical standards are adhered to in preparing papers
Norges Bank promotes two new executive directors
Norwegian central bank announces who will fill the top roles in two of the three new core function departments after June 1
Malawi president axes central bank governor
Joyce Banda selects chief executive of a telecoms company to head the central bank
Shirakawa pays respects to former Bank of Japan governor
Masaaki Shirakawa remembers former governor Yasushi Mieno who passed away in April; calls him a man of “courage and thoughtfulness”
SNB unveils new governing board
Swiss National Bank confirms Thomas Jordan as chairman of the governing board; plans for stricter rules governing private financial transactions by SNB staff are also revealed
Hoenig joins FDIC board
Former Kansas City Fed president Thomas Hoenig joins the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation