Ida Wolden Backe
 Ida Wolden Backe    ( central banker) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 February 1973 Bærum, Akershus, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • London School of Economics • University of Oslo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian economist who became governor of Norges Bank, the Norwegian central bank, in March 2022.
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Ida Wolden Bache is a Norwegian economist who became governor of Norges Bank, the Norwegian central bank, in March 2022.
Education
Born in Bærum, she studied at the London School of Economics, where she graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1999. She subsequently went on to complete a PhD at the University of Oslo in 2007.[1]
Career
During her studies, she was a research assistant at the Department of Economics at UiO from 1996 to 1998 and a research assistant at Norges Bank from 1998 to 2000. She was employed as a consultant, adviser and senior adviser at Norges Bank from 2000 to 2009 and held a post-employment position as an associate professor in economics at BI Norwegian Business School from 2008 to 2010.[1]
She was Assistant Director in the Monetary Policy Department at Norges Bank from 2009 to 2010, Senior Economist at Handelsbanken Capital Markets from 2010 to 2013, Assistant Director in the Financial Stability Department at Norges Bank from 2013 to 2015, Department Director in the Financial Stability Department from 2015 to 2016 and Department Director in the Monetary Policy Department of Norges Bank from 2016 to 2020.
She became Deputy Governor in 2020 after her predecessor had lost his security clearance because his wife was a Chinese citizen[1][2].
Governor of the Central Bank
When the position of Governor was vacant in 2021, Bache was described as one of the two current applicants, alongside Jens Stoltenberg.[3] In February 2022, Stoltenberg was appointed governor of the central bank, while Bache was appointed interim governor on March 1, 2022 because Stoltenberg was still secretary general of NATO. On March24, 2022, Stoltenberg resigned as central bank governor because he wanted to continue as secretary general of NATO. The government announced on the same day that it would appoint Bache as governor of the central bank for a fixed-term period of six years.[4]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c https://www.norges-bank.no/en/topics/about/Organisation/The-Executive-Board/Bache/
- ↑ https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/Qmr7xV/visesentralbanksjef-jon-nicolaisen-gaar-paa-dagen-fikk-ikke-fornyet-sikkerhetsklarering
- ↑ https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/her-er-hele-cv-en-til-ida-wolden-bache/75123786
- ↑ https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2022/03/24/ida-wolden-bache-blir-utnevnt-som-ny-sentralbanksjef
