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People: Dijsselbloem bids for Eurogroup chair; Sanusi takes reins at WAMZ
Eurozone finance ministers to elect new chair on Monday; West African Monetary Zone chair passes to Nigeria governor; Finland picks audit head
People: Egypt deputy resigns; HKMA shuffles pack
Egypt's first female deputy governor follows her boss to the exit; HKMA assigns three executive director portfolios
New deputy governor takes office at RBI
Indian government appoints Urjit Patel to replace Subir Gokarn on the Reserve Bank of India’s governing board; management roles reallocated again
Central Bank of Cyprus defends re-hirings
Central bank employs three members of staff who had previously taken early retirement; defends decision as beneficial in ‘special circumstances’
National Bank of Austria reshuffles governing board
Governor Ewald Nowotny reappointed for second term; executive director Peter Zöllner departs for BIS, and two new executive directors are chosen
Bank of Canada wants national citizen to succeed Carney
Legislation dictates governor must be a Canadian citizen; advert for new governor released publicly on central bank website
Filipino deputy gears up for legal battle
Central Bank of the Philippines deputy governor clashes with local businessman over accusations of money laundering
Bank of Portugal suspends staff holiday pay
Board of directors voluntarily waives own holiday pay and cancels that of its staff; board members also agree to take a pay cut for the fourth consecutive year
Sarb hires head of new international relations department
Legal professor Daniel Bradlow will lead a new department at South African Reserve Bank designed to co-ordinate and direct its participation in international forums
Bank of Lithuania axes quarter of staff
Lithuanian central bank completes process of streamlining main operations under four branches; cuts 195 employees during the course of a year
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina names new vice-governor
Ernadina Bajrović will serve a four-year term and will be responsible for administrative and financial operations
RBI shakes up management roles as deputy departs
Duties of Reserve Bank of India governing board reshuffled as deputy governor Subir Gokarn’s term expires; new executive director appointed
Central Bank of Ecuador governor resigns
Pedro Delgado resigns after admitting he does not hold a degree in economics, according to local media reports
Romanian governor dedicates Polish award to his forerunners
National Bank of Romania’s Mugur Isărescu receives Order of Merit from Poland for his contribution to the countries’ co-operation; reflects on Romania’s war-time assistance
Fed appoints new chairmen to half of district reserve banks
Federal Reserve Board of Governors names six new chairmen and five deputies to district banks’ board of directors
FDIC name new leadership
President Obama names acting-chairman Martin Gruenberg as the new FDIC head and ex-Kansas City Fed president Thomas Hoenig as his number two
Carney gets Bank of England top job
Mark Carney, currently governor of the Bank of Canada, will take over from Mervyn King to run the UK central bank in June 2013, despite earlier appearing to deny interest in role
Czech president re-appoints both CNB vice-governors
Mojmír Hampl and Vladimír Tomšík appointed for second and final six-year terms at the Czech National Bank
Mersch appointed to ECB amid continuing controversy
Appointment to ECB board finalised despite challenge over lack of female candidates; Sharon Bowles says democracy has been shown to be discarded when ‘its truths are inconvenient’
BoJ deputy urges collaboration to tackle issues of ageing population
Kiyohiko Nishimura warns of ‘grave consequences’ if economic effects of demographic change are not given more attention; says regulation needs a clear focus
Austerity package prompts Bank of Greece directors to quit
Wage caps and falling future pension payouts have contributed to the exit of a third of the central bank’s senior management
New deputy governor for National Bank of Slovakia
Ján Tóth appointed as deputy governor to Slovakian central bank; previously a member of the country’s Ministry of Finance research arm
Banking supervision gets leadership overhaul in Spain
Bank of Spain names new director-general and associate director-general at the top of its banking supervision department as initial IMF review of financial assistance programme is released
Bank of Finland’s Honkapohja gets second five-year term
Seppo Honkapohja reappointed for a second five-year term on the board of the Bank of Finland; only three board members of a possible six currently in office