Statement on the appointment of Cecilia Skingsley as County Governor of Stockholm
The Swedish government today announced that it has appointed Cecilia Skingsley as County Governor of the County Administrative Board of Stockholm, effective 15 June 2025. Cecilia has been Head of the Innovation Hub at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) since September 2022.
I extend my warmest congratulations to Cecilia and wish her all the best in this new role. Under her leadership, the BIS Innovation Hub made great strides towards fulfilling our strategic goal of helping central banks face the challenges of the future by exploring cutting-edge financial technologies. It recently completed its expansion to seven centres worldwide, concluded over 30 projects, started many others and has synthesised the lessons from these experiments for the broader community of central banks, regulators and supervisors. Cecilia has built a skilled and passionate team steeped in the culture of innovation and ready to take on more challenges.
Cecilia's expertise in policymaking and innovation was evident long before joining the BIS, in her previous roles as First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank and as chair of the BIS's Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Future of Payments Working Group. I am sure that the global central banking community will join me in wishing Cecilia the best of luck in this important new chapter of her impressive public service career.
The BIS will announce the recruitment process for her successor in due course. In the interim, the BIS Innovation Hub will be led by Deputy General Manager, Andréa M Maechler.