Female Governors of National Banks

Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female National Bank Presidents

1950-58 President of the German National Bank Greta Kuckhoff, East Germany

1967 President of the German National Bank Grete Wittkowski, East Germany

1980 National Bank Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Governor, Liberia

1987-93 President People's Bank Chen Muhu, China

1990-95 Governor of the National Bank Maria Schaumayer, Austria

1992-98 Governor of the Bank of Finland Sirkka Hämäläinen, Finland
1998-2003 Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

1992-93 President of the National Bank Lilly Zapata, Guatemala

1992-98 Governor Bank of the Lao PDR Pany Yathotou, Laos

1992-94 President of the Central Reserve Bank Sandra Fuentes, Peru

1992-2000 Governor National Bank Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz Poland

1992-94 President of the Central Bank Ruth de Krivoy, Venezuela

1993-94 President State Banking Supervision Katalin Botos, Hungary

1993-96 President of the Central Bank Ana Lucia Armijos, Ecuador

1994-95 Acting Chairperson of the Central Bank Tatiana V Paramonova Russia

1995-2005 Governor of the National Bank Bodil Nyboe Andersen, Denmark

1996- President of the National Bank Tamara D Vinnikova, Belarus

1998- Acting Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dolly Sursattie Singh, Guyana

1999-2002 Governor of the Central Bank Maria Pires de Carvalho Silveira, Sao Tome e Principe

1999-2002 President of the Central Bank Victoria Asfura de Diaz, Honduras

1999- President of the Central Bank Violeta Asfura, Venezuela

1999- Governor of the Central Bank Marion Williams, Barbados

1999- Director Norges Bank Anne Berit Christiansen

2000- Governor of the National Bank Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Malaysia

2000- Governor of the Bank of Botswana Linah Mohohlo, Botswana

2002- President of the Central Reserve Bank Luz Maria Serpas de Portillo, El Salvador

2002- President of the Central Bank Maria Elena Mondragon de Villar, Honduras

2002-05 Governor of the Central Bank Maria Do Carmo Trovoada Silveira, Sao Tome e Pricipe
Prime Minister 2005-06.

2003- Chairperson of the Central Bank Sherkersoltan Mukhammedova, Turkmenistan

2003- Governor of the National Bank Kori Udovicki, Serbia

2003- Chairperson of Bermuda Monetary Authority Cheryl Ann Lister, Bermuda

2006- Governor of the Central Bank Ana Das Lourenco, Angola

2006- Governor of the Central Bank Felisa Jsefina Miceli, Argentina

2006- Governor of the Central Bank Wendy Craigg, Bahamas

2006- Governor of the Central Bank Gabriela Nunez de Reyes, Honduras

2006 Acting Governor of the Central Bank Jancinta Mwatela, Kenya

2006- Governor of the State Bank Shamshad Akhtar, Pakistan

2006- President of the Central Bank Monica Lujan Perez dos Santos, Paraguay

2006- Governor of the Reserve Bank Siosi Cocker Mafi, Tonga,
Deputy Governor from 2000.

2006- Governor of the Central Bank Tarisa Wantanagase, Thailand
Deputy Bank Governor from 1992. (b. 1949-).

2010- President of the Central Bank Mercedes Marcó del Pont, Argentina

2013 Governor of the Central Bank Yussur Abrar, Somalia

2014- President of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen, USA

Last update 10.01.13 (Adding the President of the US Federal Reserve but not bringing the list up to date)