Pablo Hernández de Cos appointed as general manager of the BIS for a five-year term, starting on 1 July 2025, is former governor of the Banco de España and chair of the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board. As governor of the Banco de España from June 2018 up to June 2024, he has also been a member of the Governing and General Council of the ECB as well as chair of the BCBS and of the Board of Governors of the CEMLA. He has also been member of various European and International Committees including the ESRB, the FSB, the BIS Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision and the Advisory Board of the FSI, as well as vice-chairman of the Board of the Spanish Macroprudential Authority Financial Stability Board (AMCESFI). Recently, he has joined the faculty of the IESE Business School as Professor of Economics and the think tanks Bruegel and the Peterson Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (Complutense University, Madrid), a degree in Economics and Business Studies (CUNEF) and a degree in Law (UNED).