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- ↑ "News Release Appointments at the Bank of England". Bank of England . Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ↑ "Appointment of New Deputy Governor at the [South African Reserve Bank]". The South African Reserve Bank. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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