Anna Breman | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Reserve Bank of New Zealand | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank | |
| In office 2 September 2022 –11 October 2025 | |
| Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank | |
| In office 1 December 2019 –2 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1976 Sweden |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Stockholm School of Economics |
Anna Breman (born 1976) [1] is a Swedish banker and economist. Anna Breman took up the position of governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 1 December 2025. [2] [3] Her term of appointment to the RBNZ runs from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2030. She was formerly the First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank,the central bank of Sweden. [4] [5]
Breman gained her BSc in Economics from Uppsala University in 2001,and her PhD in economics from Stockholm School of Economics in 2006. During her PhD,she attended Harvard University as a visiting graduate student. In 2006 she was a visiting researcher at the University of California,San Diego. [6] [7]
Breman began her career at the World Bank as an intern and consultant for the Health,Nutrition and Population team. After completing her PhD studies,she joined the Swedish Ministry of Finance,then moved to Swedbank as a senior economist in the research department in 2013. Breman was named Group Chief Economist in 2015,and later also became Head of Macro Research in 2018. [8] [9] In November 2019,following the departure of Kerstin af Jochnick in September of that year,Breman was appointed Deputy Governor of the Riksbank for a six-year term. She started her term on 1 December 2019. [4]
On the 24 of September 2025,New Zealand Minister of Finance Nicola Willis announced that Breman had been appointed as the new (effective from 1 December 2025). She is the first woman and first foreign national to hold that post. [10] [2] [3]
In the first weeks of her tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand,Breman took a unique approach by addressing financial markets outside the Bank's regular policy announcements,stating that market conditions had tightened beyond what was implied by the November Monetary Policy Statement,with wholesale interest rates and longer-term borrowing costs rising more than projected. She emphasised that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) was expected to remain at 2.25% if economic conditions evolved as projected,and that the Reserve Bank would continue to monitor financial conditions and their effects on households and businesses. [11] [12] [13]
Breman is married and has two daughters. [10] As of 2019,she lives in central Stockholm. [14] [ needs update ]