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, Basel, Switzerland.

Postal address: CH-4002 Basel

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

SWIFT address: BISBCHBB

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

E-mail: EMAILMASTER@bis.org

Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific: 8th floor, Citibank Tower, 3, Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Telephone: (+852) 2878 7100
Telefax: (+852) 2878 7123

2. Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President of the Bank: Urban Bäckström, Stockholm.

Vice-Chairman: Lord Kingsdown, London.

Members of the Board:

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; Guy Quaden, Brussels; Helmut Schlesinger, Frankfurt a/M; Gordon G. Thiessen, Ottawa; Hans Tietmeyer, Frankfurt a/M; Jean-Claude Trichet, Paris; Alfons Verplaetse, Brussels; Nout H.E.M. Wellink, Amsterdam.

Alternates:

Jean-Pierre Patat or Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Paris; Ian Plenderleith or Clifford Smout, London; Jean-Jacques Rey or Jan Smets, Brussels; Alice M. Rivlin or Karen H. Johnson, Washington; Carlo Santini or Stefano Lo Faso, Rome; Jürgen Stark or Helmut Schieber, Frankfurt a.M..

3. Management

Andrew Crockett General Manager

André Icard Assistant General Manager

Gunter D. Baer Secretary General, Head of Department

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

Robert D. Sleeper Head of the Banking Department

Marten de Boer Manager, Accounting and Budgeting

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

George Pickering Chief Representative, BIS Asian Office


Andrew Crockett	General Manager
André Icard	Assistant General Manager
Gunter D. Baer	Secretary General, Head of Department
William R. White	Economic Adviser, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department
Robert D. Sleeper	Head of the Banking Department
Marten de Boer	Manager, Accounting and Budgeting
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
George Pickering	Chief Representative, BIS Asian Office

1 June 1999