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ECB — European Central Bank Executive Board 4 Governing Council 4 General Council 5 Directorate General Administration 5 Directorate Banknotes 5 Directorate General Communications 6 Counsel to the Executive Board 6 ESRB Secretariat 6 Directorate General Economics 6 Directorate Economic Developments 6 Directorate Monetary Policy 6 Directorate General Macro-Prudential Policy and Financial Stability 6 Directorate General Human Resources 7 Directorate General Finance 7 Directorate General Information Systems 7 Directorate Internal Audit 7 Directorate General International and European Relations 7 ECB Representation in Washington, D.C. 7 Directorate General Legal Services 7 Directorate General Market Operations 8 Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments 8 Directorate General Research 8 Directorate Risk Management 8 Directorate General Secretariat 8 Compliance and Governance Office 8 Directorate General Statistics 9 Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision I 9 Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision II 9 Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision III 9 Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision IV 9 Directorate Secretariat to the Supervisory Board 9 ECB — EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK – 17/01/2017 – 3 ECB — European Central Bank Sonnemannstrasse 20 60311 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY [email protected] http://www.ecb.europa.eu Tel. +49 691344-0 Fax +49 691344-6000 EXECUTIVE BOARD Mr Mario DRAGHI Mr Benoît COEURÉ Mr Yves MERSCH President Member of the Executive Board of the Member of the Executive Board of the Photo: © ECB ECB ECB http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ Photo: © ECB Photo: © ECB decisions/html/cvdraghi.en.html http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ decisions/html/cvcoeure.en.html decisions/html/cvmersch.en.html Mr Vítor CONSTÂNCIO Ms Sabine LAUTENSCHLÄGER Mr Peter PRAET Vice-President Photo: © ECB http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ decisions/html/cvconstancio.en.html Member of the Executive Board of the Member of the Executive Board of the ECB ECB Photo: © ECB Photo: © ECB http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/ decisions/html/cvlautenschlaeger.en.html decisions/html/cvpraet.en.html GOVERNING COUNCIL Mr Mario DRAGHI Mr Benoît COEURÉ Mr Yves MERSCH President Member of the Executive Board of the Member of the Executive Board of the ECB ECB Mr Vítor CONSTÂNCIO Vice-President Ms Sabine LAUTENSCHLÄGER Mr Peter PRAET Member of the Executive Board of the Member of the Executive Board of the ECB ECB 4 – 17/01/2017 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Mr Jan SMETS Mr Ignazio VISCO Mr Klaas KNOT Governor, Nationale Bank van België/ Governor, Banca d'Italia President, De Nederlandsche Bank Banque Nationale de Belgique Ms Chrystalla GEORGHADJI Mr Ewald NOWOTNY Mr Jens WEIDMANN Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus Governor, Oesterreichische President, Deutsche Bundesbank Nationalbank Mr Ilmārs RIMŠĒVIČS Mr Ardo HANSSON Governor, Latvijas Banka Mr Carlos COSTA Governor, Eesti Pank Governor, Banco de Portugal Mr Vitas VASILIAUSKAS Mr Philip R. LANE Chairman of the Board, Lietuvos Mr Boštjan JAZBEC Governor, Central Bank of Ireland bankas Governor, Banka Slovenije Mr Yannis STOURNARAS Mr Gaston REINESCH Mr Jozef MAKÚCH Governor, Bank of Greece Governor, Banque centrale du Governor, Národná banka Slovenska Luxembourg Mr Luis María LINDE Mr Erkki LIIKANEN Governor, Banco de España Mr Mario VELLA Governor, Suomen Pankki — Finlands Governor, Central Bank of Malta Bank Mr François VILLEROY DE GALHAU Governor, Banque de France GENERAL COUNCIL Mr Mario DRAGHI Mr Luis María LINDE Mr Klaas KNOT President Governor, Banco de España President, De Nederlandsche Bank Mr Vítor CONSTÂNCIO Mr François VILLEROY DE GALHAU Mr Ewald NOWOTNY Vice-President Governor, Banque de France Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank Mr Jan SMETS Mr Ignazio VISCO Governor, Nationale Bank van België/ Governor, Banca d'Italia Mr Adam GLAPIŃSK Banque Nationale de Belgique President, Narodowy Bank Polski Mr Boris VUJČIĆ Mr Dimitar RADEV President, Hrvatska narodna banka Mr Carlos COSTA Governor, Българска народна банка Governor, Banco de Portugal (Bulgarian National Bank) Ms Chrystalla GEORGHADJI Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus Mr Mugur ISĂRESCU Mr Jiří RUSNOK Governor, Banca Naţională a României Governor, Česká národní banka Mr Ilmārs RIMŠĒVIČS Governor, Latvijas Banka Mr Boštjan JAZBEC Mr Lars ROHDE Governor, Banka Slovenije Governor, Danmarks Nationalbank Mr Vitas VASILIAUSKAS Chairman of the Board, Lietuvos Mr Jozef MAKÚCH Mr Jens WEIDMANN bankas Governor, Národná banka Slovenska President, Deutsche Bundesbank Mr Gaston REINESCH Mr Erkki LIIKANEN Mr Ardo HANSSON Governor, Banque centrale du Governor, Suomen Pankki — Finlands Governor, Eesti Pank Luxembourg Bank Mr Philip R. LANE Mr György MATOLCSY Mr Stefan INGVES Governor, Central Bank of Ireland Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank Governor, Sveriges Riksbank Mr Yannis STOURNARAS Mr Mario VELLA Mr Mark CARNEY Governor, Bank of Greece Governor, Central Bank of Malta Governor, Bank of England DIRECTORATE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Mr Werner STUDENER Administrative Services Division Mr Holger HANSEL Director General Head of Division Mr Erich NIEDERDORFER Mr Klaus RIEMKE Head of Division Security Division Deputy Director General Premises Division Mr Jean-Marie CONNES Head of Division DIRECTORATE BANKNOTES Mr Ton ROOS Mr Jean-Michel GRIMAL Ms Doris SCHNEEBERGER Director Head of Division Head of Division Currency Development Division Currency Management Division ECB — EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK – 17/01/2017 – 5 DIRECTORATE GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS Ms Christine GRAEFF Mr Michael STEEN Outreach and Protocol Division Director General Head of Division Ms Valérie SAINTOT Mr Thierry BRACKE Web and Digital Division Head of Division Deputy Director General Ms Joellen PERRY Language Services Division Global Media Relations Division Head of Division Ms Rossana VILLANI Head of Division COUNSEL TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Mr Frank SMETS Counsellor to the President and Coordinator of the Counsel to the Executive Board ESRB SECRETARIAT Mr Francesco MAZZAFERRO Head of Secretariat DIRECTORATE GENERAL ECONOMICS Mr Wolfgang SCHILL Mr Hans-Joachim KLÖCKERS Fiscal Policies Division Director General Deputy Director General Mr Francesco DRUDI Head of Division DIRECTORATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS Mr Hans-Joachim KLÖCKERS Mr Ettore DORRUCCI Output and Demand Division Deputy Director General Head of Division Mr Diego RODRÍGUEZ PALENZUELA Convergence and Competitiveness Country Surveillance Division Head of Division Division Ms Isabel VANSTEENKISTE Prices and Costs Division Head of Division Ms Christiane NICKEL Head of Division DIRECTORATE MONETARY POLICY Mr Massimo ROSTAGNO Mr Thomas WERNER Monetary Policy Strategy Division Director Head of Division ... ... Capital Markets/Financial Structure Monetary Analysis Division Division Mr João SOUSA Head of Division DIRECTORATE GENERAL MACRO-PRUDENTIAL POLICY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY Mr Sergio NICOLETTI‐ALTIMARI Mr Carsten DETKEN Financial Regulation Division Director General Head of Division Ms Fátima PIRES Mr John FELL Macro-prudential Linkages Head of Division Deputy Director General Mr Jérôme HENRY Macro-Financial Policies Division Financial Stability Surveillance Head of Division Division Mr Carmelo SALLEO Head of Division 6 – 17/01/2017 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTORATE GENERAL HUMAN RESOURCES Ms Anne-Sylvie CATHERIN Talent Management Division Employee Services Division Director General Mr Manfred KOCH Mr Soeren BEIER Mr Peter RENNPFERDT Head of Division Head of Division Deputy Director General DIRECTORATE GENERAL FINANCE Mr Roberto SCHIAVI Central Procurement Division Financial Reporting Division Director General ... ... 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