Anders Vredin new head of General Secretariat
Date
21/12/2011
The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Anders Vredin the new head of the Riksbank’s General Secretariat. He succeeds Kai Barvèll, who wishes to leave his post as he will be 65 years old next year.
”The Executive Board knows Anders Vredin as a very capable economist and an excellent manager. With his background and broad knowledge of the Riksbank’s various activities, we look forward to working with him again,” says Governor Stefan Ingves.
Anders Vredin is currently CEO of SNS, the Centre for Business and Policy Studies. Anders has long experience of the Riksbank’s activities after serving as head of the Monetary Policy Department during the period 2003-2009 and prior to that as head of research at the Riksbank during 1997-2002.
Mr Vredin will take up his new post on 1 May 2012, as he will be working as advisor to Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, from the beginning of February to the end of April 2012.
