Anna Breman
Anna Breman | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Reserve Bank of New Zealand | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2025 | |
| First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank | |
| In office 2 September 2022 – 11 October 2025 | |
| Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 2 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1976 Sweden |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University Stockholm School of Economics |
Anna Breman (born 1976)[1] is a Swedish banker and economist. Anna Breman took up the position of governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 1 December 2025.[2][3] Her term of appointment to the RBNZ runs from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2030. She was formerly the First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.[4][5]
Education
Breman gained her BSc in Economics from Uppsala University in 2001, and her PhD in economics from Stockholm School of Economics in 2006. During her PhD, she attended Harvard University as a visiting graduate student. In 2006 she was a visiting researcher at the University of California, San Diego.[6][7]
Career
Breman began her career at the World Bank as an intern and consultant for the Health, Nutrition and Population team. After completing her PhD studies, she joined the Swedish Ministry of Finance, then moved to Swedbank as a senior economist in the research department in 2013. Breman was named Group Chief Economist in 2015, and later also became Head of Macro Research in 2018.[8][9] In November 2019, following the departure of Kerstin af Jochnick in September of that year, Breman was appointed Deputy Governor of the Riksbank for a six-year term. She started her term on 1 December 2019.[4]
Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
On the 24 of September 2025, New Zealand Minister of Finance Nicola Willis announced that Breman had been appointed as the new (effective from 1 December 2025). She is the first woman and first foreign national to hold that post.[10][2][3]
In the first weeks of her tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Breman took a unique approach by addressing financial markets outside the Bank's regular policy announcements, stating that market conditions had tightened beyond what was implied by the November Monetary Policy Statement, with wholesale interest rates and longer-term borrowing costs rising more than projected. She emphasised that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) was expected to remain at 2.25% if economic conditions evolved as projected, and that the Reserve Bank would continue to monitor financial conditions and their effects on households and businesses.[11][12][13]
Personal life
Breman is married and has two daughters.[10] As of 2019, she lives in central Stockholm.[14]
References
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- ^ a b "Anna Breman announced as new Reserve Bank governor". Radio New Zealand. 24 September 2025. Archived from the original on 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ a b Ahlander, Johan; Johnson, Simon; King, Larry (8 November 2019). "Swedbank economist Breman named deputy governor of Swedish central bank". Reuters. Archived from the original on 24 September 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Aino Bunge new Deputy Governor of the Riksbank". Sveriges Riksbank. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Sunstein, Cass (11 December 2017). "How to Nudge People to Give More to Charity". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Anna Breman". Innovations for Poverty Action. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Anna Breman – Swedbank's new Chief Economist". News Powered by Cision. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Anna Breman ny vice riksbankschef". Realtid (in Swedish). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b Craymer, Lucy (24 September 2025). "New Zealand names Sweden's Anna Breman as central bank governor". Reuters.
- ^ "Reserve Bank governor sends message markets gone too far". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "RBNZ Governor says market conditions have tightened 'beyond' what RBNZ intended". Interest.co.nz. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Kiwi dollar, market rates fall as RBNZ chief warns financial conditions tightening". Reuters via Business Recorder. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Hon vill lösa framtidens utmaning". Civilekonomen (in Swedish). 16 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.