The Bank of Italy is the Italian member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Italy from 1893 to 1998,issuing the Italian lira. Since 2014,it has also been Italy's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. It is located in Palazzo Koch,via Nazionale,Rome.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central component of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) as well as one of seven institutions of the European Union. It is one of the world's most important central banks with a balance sheet total of around 7 trillion.
Jean-Claude Trichet is a French economist who was President of the European Central Bank from 2004 to 2011. Previous to his assumption of the presidency he was Governor of the Bank of France from 1993 to 2004.
The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is an institution that comprises the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of all 27 member states of the European Union (EU). Its objective is to ensure price stability throughout the EU,and improve monetary and financial cooperation between eurozone and non-eurozone member states of the EU.
Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio is a Portuguese economist and academic who most recently served as Vice President of the European Central Bank,from 2010 to 2018. He previously served as Minister of Finance in 1978 and Governor of the Bank of Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2010.
Luiss University is a private university located in Rome,Italy,founded in 1974 by a group of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Agnelli.
Otmar Issing is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2006 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. He developed the 'two-pillar' approach to monetary policy decision-making that the ECB has adopted. After leaving the executive board,Issing been serving as president of the Center for Financial Studies since 2006.
The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) is the monetary authority of Somalia. Somalia has struggled to reestablish a functioning state since the collapse of an authoritarian regime in 1991. Somalia has been cited as a real-world example of an anarchist stateless society and a country with no formal legal system. The Transitional Federal Government,formed in 2004,was recognized as the central government of Somalia. Among other duties,it is in charge of ensuring financial stability,maintaining the internal and external value of the local currency,and promoting credit and exchange conditions that facilitate the balanced growth of the national economy. Within the scope of its powers,it also contributes to the financial and economic policies of the State.
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi is an Italian economist and banker who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2005 to 2011. He has been chairman of SociétéGénérale since 2015.
JoséM. González-Páramo is a Spanish economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2004 to 2012.
Peter Praet is a Belgian economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2011 to 2019 and concurrently as ECB chief economist following his 2012 appointment.
Paolo Savona is an Italian economist,professor,and politician. He was the Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019,his second stint in government after 1993–1994. During the 2010s,Savona became one of the most fervent Eurosceptic economists in Italy.
Ignazio Visco is an Italian economist and central banker and Governor of the Bank of Italy from 2011 to 2023.
Benoît Georges Cœuré is a French economist who has been serving as President of the Autoritéde la concurence since 2022. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2012 to 2019.
Salvatore RossiOMRI is an Italian economist. He has served as the Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy,as President of the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority and from October 2019 to April 2024 as chair of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia.
Pier Carlo Padoan is an Italian economist who served as Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy from 2014 to 2018.
Lucrezia Reichlin is an Italian economist who has been a professor at London Business School since 2008.
The Governor of the Bank of Italy is the most senior position in the Bank of Italy. It is nominally a civil service post,but the appointment tends to be from within the bank,with the incumbent grooming his or her successor.
Kerstin Margareta af Jochnick is a Swedish banker and economist. She is currently serving as a member of the ECB Supervisory Board,and was the former First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank,the central bank of Sweden.
Piero Cipollone is an Italian economist and central banker who has been serving as deputy governor of the Bank of Italy. In November 2023,he prematurely ended his mandate to join the Executive Board of the European Central Bank succeeding to Fabio Panetta.
