Monetary and Economic Department, Statistics and Administration
Rafael Schmidt is the Head of IT in the Monetary and Economic Department, where he oversees data processing, analytics and dissemination systems. He is secretariat member of the Statistical Data and Metadata standard (SDMx), promoting SDMx sponsored by numerous international organisations and certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Previously, he held managerial roles in the BIS Risk Management Department. He also held research positions at the University of Cologne and London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated in mathematics, economics and statistics. He holds a PhD and a habilitation in financial statistics and econometrics.