Strengthening Governance and Leadership for Central Bank Boards
About the course
Join the course to:
- Shape the future of central bank governance and leadership
- Lead with strategic clarity on long-term visions and through complex challenges
- Build resilience in a world of uncertainty and disruptive change
- Elevate boardroom impact to foster productive board dynamics and stakeholder engagement
Tutors
Stefan Ingves
Former governor
Sveriges Riksbank
Stefan Ingves served as the governor of Sveriges Riksbank, from 2006 to 2022. He was chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 2011–19. Since November 2021, he has served as the vice-chairman of the Bank for International Settlements where he has chaired its Banking and Risk Management Committee since 2007. Ingves served as chairman of the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board between 2011 and 2017, and was first vice-chair of the ESRB from 2021. From 1999–2005, Ingves was director of the monetary and financial systems department at the International Monetary Fund and worked as deputy governor of the Riksbank from 1994–98, after a year working as director-general of the Swedish Bank Support Authority. From 1988–92, he was a member of the board of the Swedish National Debt Office, the Stockholm Stock Exchange and Värdepapperscentralen, as well as under-secretary for financial markets and institutions at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. Ingves has also worked in banking as assistant vice-president in the central finance and fund management division at Svenska Handelsbanken between 1984 and 1986, and was president of Sofe, Sweden’s Options and Futures Exchange in 1987. He has a PhD in economics and was a lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics between 1976 and 1984.
Audrey Metzger
Director of innovation and financial markets infrastructures directorate
Bank of France
Daniel Hinge
Editor, Benchmarking
Daniel Hinge is editor of Central Banking’s benchmarking service and subject specialist for economics and monetary policy. He has reported on the central banking community since 2012, in roles including news editor and comment editor. He holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford.
You can follow Daniel on Bluesky.
Agenda
Learning objectives
- How to balance independence and accountability within evolving central bank governance
- Tools for making strategic, long-term board decisions aligned with institutional priorities
- Ways to oversee and respond to systemic, operational and emerging risks
- The board’s role in guiding innovation, technology adoption, and payment system modernisation
- Techniques for fostering constructive boardroom debates and effective stakeholder management
Who should attend
- Board members (executive & non-executive)
- Governors
- Deputy governors
- Assistant governors
- General counsel
- Chief legal officers / Legal officers
- Chief financial officers / Directors of finance
- Heads of governance
- Head of policy/ Policy implementation
- Directors/Heads of supervision
- Chief strategic officer/Strategic planning division
- Heads of audit
- Heads of internal audit
- Senior advisors to the board
- Committee chairs (Risk, Audit, Technology, Payments, Financial Policy, Monetary Policy, Supervision, Innovation)