Cecilia Skingsley (''née'' Bystedt; born 18 August 1968) is a Swedish banker, economist and journalist. She is the current Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, at the
Bank for International Settlements
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The BIS carries out its work thr ...
. From November 2019 to August 2022 she was First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, the
central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
of Sweden.
Education
Skingsley holds a BA in economics and
political science
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from
Stockholm University
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. She received a financial analyst degree from SSE Executive Education at Stockholm School of Economics (formerly IFL at Stockholm School of Economics) and studied journalism at Poppius School of Journalism in Stockholm.
Career
Skingsley began her career as a radio journalist at SAF Radio City in Stockholm. She became the press secretary at the Swedish Ministry of Finance in 1991, and was the personal spokesperson for
Bo Lundgren
Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren (born 11 July 1947) is a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Moderate Party from 1999 to 2003.Carl Bildt in 1994. In 1995 she moved to Dagens industri as a financial journalist. Skingley became the head of FX and fixed income research at
Swedbank
Swedbank AB () is a Nordic-Baltic banking group based in Stockholm, Sweden, offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services. In 2019 Swedbank had 900,000 private and 130,000 corporate clients and a 60% market share of ...
in 2007, and became a chief economist there in 2013. Skingsley was appointed First Deputy Governor of the Riksbank in November 2019, replacing
Kerstin af Jochnick
Kerstin Margareta af Jochnick (born March 17, 1958) is a Swedish banker and economist. She is currently serving as a member of the European Central Bank's supervisory board, and was the former First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, the ce ...
.
In June 2022, she was appointed Head of the BIS Innovation Hub at the
Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks".
The BIS carries out its work thr ...
. https://www.bis.org/press/p220607.htm She subsequently left her role as First Deputy Guvernor of Sveriges Riksbank, where she was succeeded by
Anna Breman
Anna Breman (born 13 May 1976) is a Swedish banker and economist. She is currently serving as the First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.
Education
Breman gained her BSc in Economics from Uppsala University ...