The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli as Head of the BIS Innovation Hub. He will join the BIS on 1 March 2026 for a five-year term, become a member of the BIS Executive Committee, and lead the Hub’s work on technological solutions and collaboration within the central bank community. Mancini-Griffoli is currently an Assistant Director in the International Monetary Fund’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, responsible for payments, currencies and financial market infrastructures. He succeeds Cecilia Skingsley, and the BIS Deputy General Manager, Andréa M Maechler, will serve as Acting Head of the Innovation Hub until his start date. The BIS Innovation Hub operates across seven centres globally and has a strategic partnership with the Federal Reserve System, with a project portfolio focused on central bank innovation and a network of over 200 central bank experts.
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Bank for International Settlements appoints Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli to lead the BIS Innovation Hub from 1 March 2026
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli as Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, effective 1 March 2026, for a five-year term. Mancini-Griffoli, currently with the International Monetary Fund, will succeed Cecilia Skingsley and join the BIS Executive Committee. Until his start date, BIS Deputy General Manager Andréa M Maechler will serve as Acting Head of the Innovation Hub.