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. Offices

Registered office of the BIS: Centralbahnplatz 2, Basle, Switzerland.

Postal address: CH-4002 Basle

Telephone: (+41-61) 280 80 80

Cable address: INTERBANK

Telex: 962 487 biz ch

Telefax: (+41-61) 280 91 00 and (+41-61) 280 81 00

World Wide Web site: http://www.bis.org

E-mail: EMAILMASTER@bis.org

In July 1998 the BIS will open a Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

2. Board of Directors

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; Edward A.J. George, London; Alan Greenspan, Washington; Hervé Hannoun, Paris; Masaru Hayami, Tokyo; William J. McDonough, New York; Hans Meyer, Zürich; Helmut Schlesinger, Frankfurt a/M; Gordon 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 Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Paris; Ian Plenderleith or Clifford Smout, London; Jean-Jacques Rey or Marcia De Wachter, Brussels; Alice M. Rivlin or Edwin 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 General Counsel, 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	General Counsel, Manager
Guy Noppen	Manager, General Secretariat
Günter Pleines	Deputy Head of the Banking Department

29th May 1998