Hyun Song Shin - Former Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department

Mr Shin was BIS Economic Adviser from May 2014 to March 2026 and also served as Head of the Monetary and Economic Department from January 2025.

Mr Shin has a background in academia. Before coming to the BIS in May 2014, he was the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, having previously held appointments at Oxford University and the London School of Economics. He has been an intellectual leader in the fields of banking, international finance and monetary economics, topics on which he has published widely, both in leading academic and official publications.

One area of recent focus was developing the BIS's work agenda on digital innovation and the financial system, laying out the implications for users, financial intermediaries and the central bank. Mr Shin was part of the BIS management team that developed the BIS Innovation Hub, and served as its Interim Head at its launch in 2019.

Mr Shin is a Korean national. In 2010, while on leave from Princeton University, he served as Senior Adviser to the Korean president, taking a leading role in formulating financial stability policy in Korea and developing the agenda for the G20 during Korea's presidency.

Mr Shin is author of numerous publications in the fields of monetary policy, banking, finance and issues related to financial stability.