CEPR Research Fellow Gaston Gelos has been appointed Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Mr Gelos will join the BIS from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he serves as Assistant Director in the Western Hemisphere Department and Mission Chief for Mexico.

Mr Gelos is a Research Fellow for CEPR's International Macroeconomics and Finance programme. His research includes work on capital flows, financial stability, and monetary policy, and has been published widely in leading academic journals.

"Gaston's extensive policy expertise and research will be highly valuable to the BIS and to the global central banking community as it tackles the significant challenges ahead. I look forward to working closely with him." Claudio Borio, Head of the BIS Monetary and Economic Department. 

Read the full statement from BIS here.