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People: Former DNB chief Knot joins Systemic Risk Council
Plus appointments at BIS Innovation Hub and Turkish central bank
Namibia governor to step down one year ahead of schedule
Johannes !Gawaxab, chief of central bank since 2020, will depart on December 31
Bolivia’s new government picks interim central bank chief
Career monetary authority official David Espinoza vows to restore independence
People: Bostic to step down from Atlanta Fed
Plus new appointments in Botswana, Estonia, Slovakia, Singapore and at BIS
People: Estonia selects new governor-designate
Plus senior promotions in Hong Kong, India and Sri Lanka
People: Bunge made first deputy governor at Riksbank
Plus: Promotions in India and Singapore, and Santos Pereira takes charge in Portugal
RBNZ to pay Orr more than US$240,000 under non-compete clause
Central bank says ‘restraint of trade’ provisions have applied to ex-governors since 2012
Book notes: Bankers’ trust, by Aditi Sahasrabuddhe
A novel investigation into how trust among central bankers – or lack thereof – helped and worsened crises of the past
Bank of Mauritius appoints its first female governor
Bank hopes to put turmoil behind it with appointment of IMF economist Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor
Riksbank’s Breman chosen to head RBNZ
New Zealand central bank’s first female governor recruited from Sweden following Orr debacle
Trump ally nominated as IMF first deputy managing director
Dan Katz has ties to US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and former BoE governor Mervyn King
People: Head of Bank of Mauritius to step down
Plus: Ethiopia appoints governor and EBA chair announces departure
People: Former RBI governor appointed to IMF
Plus: Blyth replaces Bowe on BoE’s FPC and WGC teams up with Elton John
Ethiopian governor resigns
Mihretu to leave central bank following two years characterised by major economic reforms
People: ECB creates task force to simplify regulation
Plus: Kocher takes over as head of Austria’s central bank
RBNZ chair resigns amid criticism of former governor’s exit
Finance minister says she would have asked Neil Quigley to quit if he had not stepped down
Firing Cook is not going to be easy, legal experts say
Some scholars criticise the US president’s move, but others say there may be grounds for dismissal
People: July to September 2025
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Egypt’s president renews term of central bank chief
Acting governor Hassan Abdalla begins fourth year in post amid economy recovery
People: BSP appoints new deputy governor for supervision
Plus: Kenya lines up Nokia’s country chief for seat on board, and head of US crypto council steps down