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Bank of Thailand promotes five assistant governors
Thai central bank names five assistant governors in anticipation of a host of retirements in September; follows appointment of new deputy governor last month
People: Greek governor confirmed; Ingves re-appointed to Basel Committee
The appointment of Yannis Stournaras as Bank of Greece governor has been confirmed in parliament; Ingves has a new term at the Basel committee; and more
Bank of Korea brings back Jang as new governor Lee's number two
Jang Byung Wha returns to the Bank of Korea as senior deputy governor; latest in series of organisational changes that has brought a new head of reserves and MPC member
People: Czech comms head moves to general secretariat; RBNZ board names new member
Czech National Bank appoints Marek Petruš to head general secretariat; Tania Simpson named as RBNZ director; New Zealand SWF gets new CIO; Bank of Russia Moscow head on the move
Ukraine parliament appoints new central bank governor
Ukraine central bank governor Stepan Kubiv replaced with investment banker Valeria Gontareva after parliament approves presidential bill
BoE's newest MPC member defends limited experience of ‘core' issues
Kristin Forbes says her knowledge of international capital flows brings ‘direct expertise to the UK'; describes herself as someone willing to break ranks
Ukraine president moves to replace central bank chief
Newly elected president of Ukraine puts bill before parliament to replace central bank governor Stepan Kubiv with investment banker Valeria Gontareva
Australian sovereign wealth fund appoints new head
Chief investment officer David Neal picked to head up the management company behind Australia's $90 billion Future Fund
People: Venezuela finance minister to sit on central bank board; and more
Venezuelan finance minister gets a seat on the central bank board; Bank of Japan London representative moves home to head up international division; and more
Provopoulos steps aside as Stournaras named new Bank of Greece governor
Yannis Stournaras, until Monday Greece's minister of finance, will be the new governor of the Bank of Greece pending cabinet approval, when Provopoulos's term expires next week
Bank of Korea slowly tackling gender imbalance
Number of female hires at Korean central bank grew steadily throughout former governor Kim Choong Soo’s tenure; first female deputy governor appointed in July 2013
People: German and Dutch central banks lose board members; Philadelphia Fed appoints research head
Longest-serving Bundesbank executive board member to step down; Netherlands Bank loses governing board member; Philadelphia Fed replaces departed Loretta Mester; more
People: Dewatripont is new Belgian no.2; RBA appoints new economics research head
Mathias Dewatripont replaces Françoise Masai as vice-governor of the National Bank of Belgium; RBA promotes Alexandra Heath as Jonathan Kearns heads for the BIS; and more
Obama urged to fill Fed board with community bankers and financial reform champions
Leading Democrats on Senate Banking Committee say it is 'critical' that two vacant Fed board seats are filled by nominees with 'strong commitment to financial reform'
Bank of England appoints ten new directors
Names are unveiled ahead of the BoE's sweeping structural overhaul that comes into force next week; nine out of 10 appointees comes from inside the bank
Bank of Thailand appoints new deputy; ex governor hired by military regime
Central bank board appoints one new deputy and changes the portfolio of another; ex governor Pridiyathorn Devakula named economic adviser to military junta, again
Armenia central bank chair wins second six-year term
Arthur Javadyan will remain at the helm of the Central Bank of Armenia for another six years; country is entering into another programme with the IMF
Bowles turns down ECB invite to join Supervisory Board
Sharon Bowles, who is stepping down from the European Parliament this month, fears the ECB is eyeing an expansion of its influence through macro-prudential policy
Fijian deputy out, governor could be next
The deputy governor at Fiji’s central bank announces his retirement, while the president hesitates over whether to hand the governor a second term
State secretary takes over at Kyrgyz central bank
Head of the government’s economics department, Tolkunbek Abdygulov, is appointed acting governor of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic at the age of 37
People: Bank of Russia replaces retiring deputy; Subbarao goes to Singapore
Bank of Russia appoints two to replace retiring deputy governor Golubev; former RBI governor takes visiting fellowship at National University of Singapore; and more
Wathra appointed Pakistan governor
Ashraf Mahmood Wathra joined the central bank as a deputy governor last year, and has now been handed a three-year term as governor
Central Bank of Hungary makes ‘criminal complaint’ against board member
Hungary’s central bank has made a ‘criminal complaint’ against one of its own staff members, as well as a media outlet, over allegations about its use of public funds
Coen appointed new Basel Committee secretary-general
William Coen takes over Basel Committee secretariat after seven years as deputy; Wayne Byres leaves to head Australia’s prudential regulator