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People: Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund gets new managing director
Korean president nominates head of financial supervisor and EBRD gets new corporate strategy chief
Taliban name acting head of Afghan central bank
Mohammad Idris played leading role in financing Taliban war effort, senior official says
Belizean governor fired by prime minister after ‘integrity’ row – reports
Former governor says he was forced out after conflict over “special interests”
Mexican president demands IMF assets from central bank
Governor rejects proposal and former presidential ally says it would be legally impossible
How we can improve gender diversity in economics
Mary Suiter and Oksana Leukhina say gender diversity in economics must be championed
Belize governor resigns after 19 weeks
Central bank offers few details, but country has suffered sharp economic blows
Julio Velarde set to accept new term as Peruvian governor
New left-wing president said in June he intended to re-appoint long-serving governor
New Bafin president takes up role
Ex-Finma head pledges to make heavily criticised German financial regulator “world class”
Iran’s Hemmati warns against monetary financing
Former governor mounts criticism of departing President Rouhani
FCA mulls removing decision-making powers from senior committee
Decisions regarding firms failing to meet FCA standards would be taken by FCA staff instead
Liberia’s central bank expands monetary policy committee
Governor and deputy governor reappointed
People: Bank of Canada appoints top payments regulator
Iceland’s central bank appoints new CEO and World Bank names country directors
Communications Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Insights into staffing and salaries, channels, social media, new technology and strategies
People: New York Fed appoints new head of supervision
Diane Dobbeck to lead supervision group; Atlanta Fed hires chief strategy officer; Biden appoints assistant treasury secretary
People: Bank of Canada appoints deputy governor
Sharon Kozicki promoted to deputy role; new BEAC director in Chad; Lithuania appoints board member; and more
Incoming BoE policy-maker says inflation ‘momentum’ is easing
Catherine Mann says price rises appear to be starting to taper off
Mountfield to become World Bank vice-president, sources say
More people news: Atlanta Fed names senior VP, and Fed’s first supervision head goes to US Treasury
DRC’s president changes central bank board under IMF pressure, report says
IMF approves a $1.52 billion loan to DRC days after Tshishekedi removes directors
Recipe for a chief (fin)tech officer
Private-sector experience, a knowledge of supervision and a zest for innovation are key ingredients for a chief fintech officer
People: Bank of Canada names senior deputy governor
New governor in Turkmenistan; Malaysian SWF gets new director; and more
Fed still lags on diversity, says campaigners’ report
Campaigners say regional bank leaders still mostly white, male and from big business
World Bank appoints Caribbean and central Asian directors
New York Fed names chief of innovation hub and St Louis appoints head of economic equity institute
Trust and comprehension seen as more important than audience size
Central bankers see trust as the most important measure of communications effectiveness
US comptroller takes direct charge of agency’s bank supervision
US agency eliminates chief operating officer role as part of internal reorganisation