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People: New faces on IMF exec board
Plus, appointments at Deutsche Bundesbank and Czech central bank
People: IMF appoints general counsel
Bank of Russia names new monetary policy head; Rob Brand becomes DNB’s chief investment officer
Minister nominated as Bank of Spain governor
Opposition says appointment of José Luis Escrivá would throw bank’s independence into question
People: Bundesbank appoints Mauderer as vice-president
Former prosecutor joins Dutch central bank’s supervisory board
People: Lula nominates ally Galípolo as Brazilian governor
BIS appoints Franks Smets to senior economics role
Jamaican finance minister set to become IMF deputy MD
Fund’s chief proposes Nigel Clarke for role, while general counsel announces retirement
People: July to September 2024
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Uruguay appoints new central bank president
Vice-president promoted as outgoing chief resigns
Head of Malta’s central bank resists calls to resign
Prime minister removes embattled governor from board of financial services authority
Spanish political parties fail to agree on new governor
Opposition refuses to accept government’s nomination of former ECB official Escrivá
Trump says he would probably let Powell continue on Fed board
If he is “doing the right thing”, Jerome Powell can serve out his term, former president says
Political influence is affecting the OeNB’s independence, staff say
Austrian central bank employees criticise gag orders, conflicts of interest and insufficient female staff
BIS appoints secretary-general and Innovation Hub leaders
Véronique Sani takes over from Monica Ellis as secretary-general to the bank
Taliban regime appoints new Afghan governor
Noor Ahmad Agha is under international sanctions over alleged terrorist links
Brazil’s president may appoint monetary policy head as governor
Speculation comes amid tension between president Lula and BCB head Campos Neto
Bulgaria’s central bank suspends deputy governor
Gurov is ‘incompatible with his role,’ says anti-corruption commission
Laos replaces central bank governor amid economic woes
Bounleua Sinxayvoravong steps down after two years at the helm
Martin Schlegel becomes new chairman of SNB
Antoine Martin becomes Swiss National Bank vice-chair and Petra Tschudin joins board
Luxembourg governor becomes victim of deepfake attack
German dialogue and unnatural mouth movements reveal fraud
People: Sri Lanka appoints two new deputy governors
Nithya Navaratnam named deputy head of BIS banking department
ECB appoints three senior officials to supervisory board
Irish, French and Portuguese trio to replace current members by the end of the year