Management of the BIS
BIS Management is under the overall direction of the General Manager, who is responsible to the Board of Directors for the conduct of the Bank.
In accordance with the Bank's Statutes, the General Manager is assisted by the Deputy General Manager.
Current members of BIS Management
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Pablo Hernández de Cos
General Manager -
Andréa M Maechler
Deputy General Manager and Acting Head of BIS Innovation Hub -
Véronique Sani
Secretary General and Head of General Secretariat -
Luis Bengoechea
Head of Banking Department -
Hyun Song Shin
Economic Adviser
Head of Monetary and Economic Department -
Dessislava Guetcheva-Cheytanova
General Counsel -
Bertrand Legros
Deputy Secretary General -
Nithya Navaratnam
Deputy Head of Banking Department - Gaston Gelos
DeputyHead of Monetary and Economic Department
Head of Financial Stability Policy - Frank Smets
Deputy Head of Monetary and Economic Department
Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics -
Fernando Restoy
Chair, Financial Stability Institute -
Jens Ulrich
Head of Risk Management -
Tao Zhang
Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific -
Alexandre Tombini
Chief Representative for the Americas
Advisory committees
The General Manager and the Deputy General Manager are supported by senior management advisory committees. The Executive Committee and the Finance Committee are chaired by the General Manager and include other senior members of the Bank's Management.
- The Executive Committee advises the General Manager primarily on the Bank's strategic planning and the allocation of resources, as well as on decisions related to the broad financial objectives for the banking activities and operational risk management.
- The Finance Committee advises the General Manager on the financial management and policy issues related to the banking business, including the allocation of economic capital to risk categories.