Pablo Hernández de Cos

Governor

Pablo Hernández del Cos Governor

Place and date of birthMadrid, 20 January 1971.

Contact information

  • Calle Alcalá, 48, 28014 Madrid

Academic qualifications, distinctions and awards

    • 1993
    • Graduate in Economics and Business Studies from the University College of Financial Studies (CUNEF). Complutense University of Madrid.
    • 1994
    • Graduate in Law from UNED.
    • 2004
    • PhD in Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid.
    • 2009
    • Management Programme. IESE Business School.

Career details

    • 2023 to date
    • Chairman of the Board of Governors of Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA). Member of the Chamber of Economic and Management Sciences of Nicolaus Copernicus Academy.
    • 2019 to date
    • Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Macroprudential Authority Financial Stability Board (AMCESFI). Member of the Advisory Board of the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Chair of the Advisory Technical Committee (ATC) and member of the Steering Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
    • 2018 to date
    • Governor of the Banco de España. Member of the Governing and General Council. European Central Bank. Member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Member of the Financial Stability Board (Plenary, Steering Committee, Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation and Regional Consultive Group for Europe). Member of the BIS Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS). Alternate Governor for Spain at the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Member of the Board of Governors of Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA). Member of the Consejo de Estado (Spanish State Council). President of the Board of Trustees of Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI).
    • 2016-2019
    • Member of the Board of the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB).
    • 2017-2018
    • Member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union.
    • 2015-2018
    • Director General Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España. Alternate to the Governor on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. Member of the Consejo Superior de Estadística de España (High Council on Statistics). Member of the Board of Trustees of Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI). Member of the Board of Trustees and of the Executive Board of FEDEA (Foundation for Applied Economic Studies).
    • 2013-2014
    • Member of the Experts’ Committee for the Reform of the Spanish Tax System.
    • 2011-2014
    • Associate lecturer, Instituto de Empresa.
    • 2010-2015
    • Chairman of the Public Finances Working Group. Monetary Policy Committee of the European Central Bank.
    • 2008-2014
    • Member of the Economic Policy Committee of the ECOFIN Council of the European Union.
    • 2007-2015
    • Head of the Economic Policy Analysis Division, DG Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España.
    • 2004-2007
    • Adviser to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
    • 2000-2004
    • Associate lecturer in the Economics Department of Carlos III University of Madrid.
    • 2000
    • National Expert in DG Economics, European Central Bank.
    • 1998-2004
    • Member of the Working Group on Ageing and Sustainability reporting to the Economic Policy Committee of the ECOFIN Council of the European Union.
    • 1998-2004
    • Member of the European Central Bank’s Public Finances Working Group.
    • 1997-2004
    • Economist in DG Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España.