Current and former members of BIS management

General Manager

Agustín Carstens Dec 2017-
Jaime Caruana Apr 2009-Nov 2017
Malcolm D Knight Apr 2003-Sep 2008
Andrew Crockett Jan 1994-Mar 2003
Alexandre Lamfalussy May 1985-Dec 1993
Günther Schleiminger Mar 1981-Apr 1985
René Larre May 1971-Feb 1981
Gabriel Ferras Apr 1963-Dec 1970
Guillaume Guindey Oct 1958-Mar 1963
Roger Auboin Jan 1938-Sep 1958
Pierre Quesnay Apr 1930-Sep 1937

Assistant General Manager / Deputy General Manager (since 2000)

Andrea M Maechler Sep 2023-
Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva Oct 2015-Aug 2023
Hervé Hannoun Jan 2006-Sep 2015
André Icard Jan 1996-Dec 2005
Remi Gros Feb 1992-Dec 1995
Richard Hall May 1985-Jan 1992
Alexandre Lamfalussy Mar 1981-Apr 1985
Günther Schleiminger Jan 1978-Mar 1981
Antonio d'Aroma Jan 1975-Dec 1977
Paul Hechler May 1935-Dec 1945
Ernst Hülse Apr 1930-May 1935

Secretary General

Véronique Sani Dec 2024-
Monica Ellis Jan 2017-Dec 2024
Peter Dittus Jan 2005-Dec 2016
Gunter D Baer Sep 1994-Dec 2004
Giampietro Morelli Jun 1978-Aug 1994
Günther Schleiminger Jan 1975-May 1978
Antonio d'Aroma Jan 1962-Dec 1974
Alberto Ferrari Oct 1951-Jan 1962
Rafaele Pilotti Apr 1930-Dec 1951

Head of Banking Department

Luis Bengoechea Jun 2024-
Peter Zöllner May 2013-May 2024
Günter Pleines Apr 2005-Apr 2013
Robert D Sleeper Feb 1999-Mar 2005
George Malcolm Gill Apr 1995-Jan 1999
Remi Gros May 1985-Mar 1995
Richard Hall Jan 1974-Apr 1985
Donald Macdonald Oct 1972-Dec 1973
Hans Mandel Apr 1962-Sep 1972
Marcel van Zeeland Jun 1948-Mar 1962
Paul Hechler May 1935-Dec 1945
Ernst Hülse Apr 1930-May 1935

Economic Adviser / Economic Adviser, Head of Monetary and Economic Department (since 1946)

Hyun Song Shin May 2014-
Claudio Borio Nov 2013-
Stephen G Cecchetti Jul 2008-Nov 2013
William R White May 1995-Jun 2008
Friedrich Wilhelm Horst Bockelmann May 1985-Apr 1995
Alexandre Lamfalussy Jan 1976-Apr 1985
Milton Gilbert Nov 1960-Dec 1975
Per Jacobsson Sep 1931-Oct 1956

Legal Adviser / General Counsel (since 1997)

Dessislava Guetcheva-Cheytanova Sep 2024-
Diego Devos Oct 2009-Aug 2024
Daniel Lefort Jan 2006-Sep 2009
Mario Giovanoli Mar 1989-Dec 2005
Frédéric-Edouard Klein Oct 1974-Dec 1986
Henri Guisan Apr 1955-Sep 1974
Felix Weiser Apr 1930-Mar 1944