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Bank of Italy slims down organisational structure
The central bank will consolidate its various operations into eight directorates general on January 27, in a bid to ‘streamline’ its organisational structure and decision-making processes
Central banks in Israel, UK close in on new deputies
Bank of Israel governor Karnit Flug nominates academic Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg as her deputy; UK Treasury begins process of replacing Charles Bean at the Bank of England
People: Malta gets second deputy; Lautenschläger aces European Parliament test
Central Bank of Malta gets second deputy governor for first time; Lautenschläger wins overwhelming majority in European Parliament vote; and more
Turkmen central bank chief replaced with former deputy
Tuvakmammet Japarov becomes the sixth governor in 12 years to be sacked from the job; replaced by Gochmurat Muradov who served as his deputy between 2011 and 2012
Stanley Fischer nominated Fed vice-chair
US President also nominates Lael Brainard, a former US Treasury under-secretary, to the Federal Reserve board, while Jerome Powell, on the board since 2012, is nominated for a second term
People: Bank of Portugal appoints ‘temporary’ chief economist; Bank of Spain reveals pride in ECB hire
Isabel Horta Correia named head of economics and research ‘under temporary assignment’ at Bank of Portugal; Ramón Quintana praised by Bank of Spain for ECB success
People: Maldives nominates female governor; Uribe takes over from Carstens on BIS body
Local bank executive nominated after former governor's sudden resignation; Colombia governor Uribe takes over from Agustin Carstens on BIS Americas council
People: Lautenschläger for ECB board; IMF's García set for Chile central bank
EU leaders nominate Bundesbank deputy, in charge of banking supervision, to take German spot on ECB executive; Chile's IMF director to join national central bank; and more
People: Canada deputy retires; Tucker becomes Sir Paul
John Murray's retirement creates a deputy governor vacancy at the Bank of Canada; former Bank of England deputy Paul Tucker is knighted; and more
Reserve Bank of Fiji names two new chief managers
Lorraine Seeto and Vilimaina Dakai will head the departments for risk management and financial institutions as the central bank rotates senior staff members once again
Singapore's Tharman to stay on as head of IMF advisory body
International Monetary and Financial Committee calls on Singaporean finance minister, and former MAS chief, to remain in the chair for one more year
Sudan names new central bank governor
Abdul-Rahman Hassan was appointed by president Omar al-Bashir last week; he previously served as director of a local bank, according to state news agency
Danièle Nouy confirmed as chair of SSM supervisory board
Top French supervisor formally appointed after ECB nomination and European Parliament approval; first job will be to agree on her deputy, to be chosen from ECB executive board
Bank of Canada's Tiff Macklem quits half way through seven-year term
Senior deputy governor has been appointed dean of University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management; lost out to Stephen Poloz in race to succeed Mark Carney earlier this year
People: FCA hires regulator from Irish central bank; NY Fed appoints new international head
Central Bank of Ireland loses another regulator, as Andy Coulson quits for UK's FCA; New York Fed replaces Checki as head of emerging markets and international affairs, with outside appointment
Bank of Portugal fails to fill chief economist vacancy
Board of directors calls off search for a new head of economics and research due to dearth of quality applicants; initiates review for a 'strategic repositioning' of the department
Gono steps down as Zimbabwe government takes on Reserve Bank debts
Reserve Bank governor survived political upheaval to fulfil two five-year terms at the head of the central bank; final act was to see the bank relieved of its crippling debts by the government
Central Bank of Ireland head supervisor quits
Fiona Muldoon resigns as director of credit institutions and insurance supervision, forcing the central bank to replace three senior staff members in quick succession
Central Bank of Ireland staff face longer working hours
The central bank is in negotiations with a workers’ union over government proposals that would impose 37-hour working weeks on the majority of staff; tribunal makes final recommendations
Somalia turns to former governor to take the reins again
Bashir Issa Ali will fill the governor vacancy at the Central Bank of Somalia, created when Yussur Abrar quit the bank and the country amid corruption controversies
ECB’s Asmussen demands gender diversity
Executive board member Jörg Asmussen says he is ‘deeply convinced’ of the need for greater gender diversity in the financial industry, and the benefit to both men and women
ECB's Smets made counsellor to president Draghi
Frank Smets, ECB director-general for research, steps into post vacated by Christian Thimann; will be counsellor to the president and co-ordinator of counsel to the executive board
People: IMF poaches ADB chief economist; BNP's Gary Smith makes switch to MassMutual
Changyong Rhee takes over from Anoop Singh in IMF’s Asian and Pacific department; Gary Smith joins Massachusetts Mutual; former RBI chief general manager joins commercial bank board
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown: 1927-2013
Robin Leigh-Pemberton served as Bank of England governor between 1983 and 1993 - presiding over a period of rapid economic growth, but also 'Black Wednesday'