The College of Central Bankers Conversation Series with Katarzyna Zajdel Kurowska

VIDEO October 31, 2023

Speaker / Author

Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska

Former Member of the Board of the National Bank of Poland

Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska – economist with broad international experience in finance, sustainable development, risk and asset management. Former member of the Executive Board at World Bank Group and Executive Director representing Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Previously, an Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund. Former member of the Management Board of Poland’s central bank responsible for reserve asset management and financial and operational risks management. Deputy Finance Minister responsible for economic and financial policy, public finance and debt management and regulation of financial market. Before the governmental career, a ... Read More

Kathleen Stephansen

GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds

Kathleen Stephansen is GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds. She is the former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research. Prior to joining AIG in 2010, Kathleen was Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital Holdings, Credit Suisse’s Head of Global Economic Research, and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation’s co-head of Fixed Income economic research and Chief International Economist. Kathleen serves on the board of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC) as the Chair Emerita. She is ... Read More