Heidi Elmér new head of the Markets Department
Date
25/04/2014
The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Heidi Elmér as new Head of the Markets Department. She will take up her new post on 23 June 2014.
Heidi Elmér's most recent position was chief economist at Skandia. Prior to that, she was head of the Market Analysis and Operations Division at the Riksbank. Her previous posts include head of the fixed income division at Handelsbanken Kapitalförvaltning. Ms Elmér has an economics degree and has studied on the doctoral programme at the Stockholm School of Economics.
"Heidi Elmér is a highly competent economist with a thorough experience of market analysis. We look forward to working with her again," says Governor Stefan Ingves.
The Markets Department (AFM) is responsible for the Riksbank's activities on the financial markets by working with the Riksbank's capital management, the operational implementation of monetary policy and exchange rate policy decisions, and ongoing market monitoring.