Press Release: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Names Bank of Spain's José Viñals as Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department

IMF News, March 25, 2009

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Published: March 25, 2009

Appointment details

Press Release No. 09/87
Date: March 25, 2009
Appointee: José Viñals, Bank of Spain Deputy Governor
New position: Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Successor to: Mr. Jaime Caruana (named General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements)
Expected start: He is expected to assume his position at the IMF in mid April.

Endorsement and rationale

Statement issued on behalf of the Managing Director by Mr. John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director and acting Chairman of the Board:
- “Mr. Viñals has extensive experience and an exceptional record of accomplishments in academia, in the Bank of Spain, and in the European Central Bank and other European central banking institutions. He has vast experience not only in monetary policymaking but also across a range of domestic and international banking and financial sector issues. I believe that his range of talents and experience makes him ideally suited to take charge of the Fund’s financial sector work at this critical time.”

Professional background and qualifications

Age: 54
Education:
- PhD. in economics from Harvard University
- Master’s in economics from the London School of Economics
- Master’s in economics from Harvard
Career highlights:
- Deputy Governor at the Bank of Spain since July 2006
- Joined the central bank in 1984
- Held a number of senior positions at the Bank of Spain
- Served on a range of advisory and policy committees at the central bank and within the European Union
- Former Chairman of the European Central Bank’s International Relations Committee
- Former faculty member in the Economics Department at Stanford University

Key statistics and dates

Press Release No.: 09/87
Release date: March 25, 2009
Age of appointee: 54
Deputy Governor since: July 2006
Joined central bank: 1984
Expected IMF start: mid April

Press Release: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Names Bank of Spain's José Viñals as Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department