BIS/BRI/BIZ: Factsheet

BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS)
Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ)
Banque des Règlements Internationaux (BRI)
Banca dei Regolamenti Internazionali (BRI)

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1. Registered office

The registered office of the BIS is situated at Centralbahnplatz 2, Basle, Switzerland.

Postal address: CH-4002 Basle
Cable address: INTERBANK

Telephone: (061) 280 80 80
Telex: 962 487 biz ch
Telefax: (061) 280 91 00 and (061) 280 81 00
E-mail: EMAILMASTER@bis.org
World Wide Web site: http://www.bis.org

The international telephone and telefax code for Basle is (41-61).

The BIS has no branch offices or subsidiaries.

2. Board of Directors

The Board is made up of representatives from eleven countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America).

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President of the Bank: Alfons Verplaetse, Brussels.

Vice-Chairman: Lord Kingsdown, London.

Members of the Board:

Urban Bäckström, Stockholm; Vincenzo Desario, Rome; Antonio Fazio, Rome; E.A.J. George, London; Alan Greenspan, Washington; Hervé Hannoun, Paris; W.J. McDonough, New York; Yasuo Matsushita, Tokyo; Hans Meyer, Zürich; Helmut Schlesinger, Frankfurt a/M; G.G. Thiessen, Ottawa; Hans Tietmeyer, Frankfurt a/M; Jean-Claude Trichet, Paris; Nout H.E.M. Wellink, Amsterdam; Philippe Wilmès, Brussels.

Alternates:

Jean-Pierre Patat or Armand Pujal, Paris; Ian Plenderleith or T.R. Smeeton, London; Jean-Jacques Rey or Marcia De Wachter, Brussels; Alice M. Rivlin (Ms.) or E.M. Truman, Washington; Carlo Santini or Stefano Lo Faso, Rome; Helmut Schieber or Bernd Goos, Frankfurt a.M..

3. Management

Andrew Crockett General Manager

André Icard Assistant General Manager

Gunter D. Baer Secretary General, Head of Department

Malcolm Gill Head of the Banking Department

William R. White Economic Adviser, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department

Marten de Boer Manager, Accounting, Budgeting and ECU Clearing

Renato Filosa Manager, Monetary and Economic Department

Mario Giovanoli Legal Adviser, Manager

Guy Noppen Manager, General Secretariat

Günter Pleines Deputy Head of the Banking Department


Andrew Crockett	General Manager
André Icard	Assistant General Manager
Gunter D. Baer	Secretary General, Head of Department
Malcolm Gill	Head of the Banking Department
William R. White	Economic Adviser, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department
Marten de Boer	Manager, Accounting, Budgeting and ECU Clearing
Renato Filosa	Manager, Monetary and Economic Department
Mario Giovanoli	Legal Adviser, Manager
Guy Noppen	Manager, General Secretariat
Günter Pleines	Deputy Head of the Banking Department

July 1997