## 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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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 25, 2009

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### 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*

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