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Dr Eyob Tekalign Tolina, State Minister at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance, has been named the new Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia. He replaces Mamo Mihretu.

The Bank of Mauritius has appointed Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor as its first- ever female Governor. She joins from the International Monetary Fund, where she worked as a senior economist in the Middle East and Central Asia department and replaces Rama Sithanen, who stepped down following pressure from the country’s Prime Minister.

Similarly, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has appointed its first ever female Governor, Anna Breman, formerly Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank. She replaces Christian Hawkesby, who has carried out the role in a caretaker capacity since Adrian Orr’s surprise resignation in March.

Álvaro Santos Pereira – an economist, professor and former member of the Portuguese government – has been appointed to replace Mário Centeno as Governor of Bank of Portugal.

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) has elected two new Board members – Kathleen Young (Chief of Fed Cash Services, Federal Reserve Financial Services) and Koen Thuis (Head of Cash Policies & Oversight, Dutch National Bank). They replace Maureen Carroll (Managing Director of the Currency Department, Bank of Canada) and Octavia Gibson (formerly Director, Currency & Payments Oversight at the Central Bank of Barbados).