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People: Bundesbank names head of research centre; Kyrgyz sheds two advisers
Bundesbank poaches Emanuel Mönch from New York Fed; Kyrgyz central bank loses two advisers to chairman; HKMA executive director set to move to IMF
Sri Lankan central bank names four assistant governors
The appointees include the head of the central banks’ secretariat and the directors of the central bank’s international operations and centre for banking studies
HKMA executive director joins IMF's monetary and capital markets department
Dong He, HKMA head of research, new second-in-command at IMF division in charge of monitoring central banks and preparing Fund's Global financial stability report
Nurbek Jenish named Kyrgyz deputy
National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic appoints Nurbek Jenish, an academic with experience at the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, as third deputy chairman
Australian payments council established with support of central bank
New payments council features members from 14 organisations across the payments industry – including the central bank – and was set up on basis of RBA recommendations
RBA appoints John Simon research head; UK Payments Council names interim CEO
Reserve Bank of Australia promotes John Simon to head of economic research department; Payments Council says Maurice Cleaves will start as interim CEO in November
Guðmundsson secures second term as Iceland governor
Incumbent Már Guðmundsson fends off competition from Friðrik Már Baldursson and Ragnar Árnason to take the top job at Central Bank of Iceland, despite reported run-in with Icelandic prime minister
Malta denies granting refuge to Libyan governor
Central Bank of Libya confirmed Saddek Elkaber has sought sanctuary in Malta ‘for months', Libyan news site reports; minister claims governor ‘runs the bank' from island
People: New chief economist at ADB; BoE insurance director departs
Columbia University’s Shang-Jin Wei joins the Asian Development Bank as chief economist; Julian Adams leaves the BoE; HSBC names new point man for central banks in Asia; and more
BoE appoints UBS UK head to top banking regulator
Bank of England appoints two new members to the Prudential Regulation Authority, the country’s chief micro-prudential regulator
Spencer Dale quits the Bank of England
Bank's head of financial stability and former chief economist quits to join BP, just nine weeks into his new job following a major reshuffle
Former Temasek chairman makes switch to GIC board
S Dhanabalan returns to the GIC board which he left in 2005 to become Temasek chairman; Temasek's head of Europe has also quit the fund
Mundra named RBI deputy governor
Reserve Bank of India announces the appointment of Subhash Sheoratan Mundra, formerly head of Bank of Baroda, as deputy governor
Reza Moghadam quits IMF to join Morgan Stanley in London
IMF's Europe chief to 'return home' after 22 years with the Fund, lately ‘spearheading the Fund's response from one crisis to the next'; Thomsen promoted on an interim basis
Senior deputy at Bank Indonesia handed five-year term
The decision to retain Mirza Adityaswara should provide some stability to the board of governors, after a turbulent 2013 saw two-thirds of its members replaced
People: Sri Lanka and Nigeria add new monetary policy-makers; and more
Sri Lanka appoints secretary to the monetary board; professor joins Central Bank of Nigeria's monetary policy committee; New York Fed announces 51 new appointments
Ireland names new chief economist
Gabriel Fagan leaves ECB to join Central Bank of Ireland; succeeds Lars Frisell, who now lectures in the IMF Africa Training Institute in Mauritius
People: Emefiele to chair key WAMZ committee; BIS appoints chief rep for Americas
Godwin Emefiele elected as chairman of the West African Monetary Zone’s committee of governors; Spanish economist Enrique Alberola Ila takes BIS post; more
Israel governor Flug appoints new chief of staff
Daniel Hahiashvili appointed as chief of staff to the governor today; incumbent Eddy Azoulay moves to represent Israel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
People: Sri Lanka promotes Samarasiri to deputy; Russia picks card system head
Central Bank of Sri Lanka promotes assistant governor Samarasiri to deputy; Russia appoints Vladimir Komlev to head up national payment card operator
Icelandic police chief heads ‘bizarre' committee to choose next governor
Icelandic economists criticise choice of Reykjavik police chief to chair three-person panel charged with recommending the next central bank governor
Gualtieri elected chair of ECB watchdog committee
New Econ Committee members approve Italian socialist as chair; Gualtieri faces an early test of his composure as German politician Bernd Lucke is rejected as vice-chair
People: Deputy governors appointed in Russia and India
China Investment Corporation appoints fifth executive vice-president; new director of insurance supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland
RBI hiring 53 sportspeople out of civic duty
Reserve Bank of India is looking to recruit people from a host of sporting backgrounds, including cricket and table tennis, to working in support roles at the central bank