The People Who Control Interest Rates
Meet central bankers who help set monetary policy around the world. Decisions are made by committees; this is a snapshot as of 7 September 2026. Includes former Fed chair Jerome Powell for context.
11 faces
Who's in this deck?11 names — peek before you play
Kevin Warsh
Federal Reserve chair · United States · Federal Reserve
Kevin Maxwell Warsh is an American financier and attorney who has served as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2026. Warsh previously served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011.
Christine Lagarde
ECB president · Euro area · European Central Bank
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has been the president of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2011 to 2019.
Andrew Bailey
Central bank governor · United Kingdom · Bank of England
Andrew John Bailey is an English banker who has been Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020.
Kazuo Ueda
Central bank governor · Japan · Bank of Japan
Kazuo Ueda is a Japanese economist who has been serving as the 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) since April 2023.
Michele Bullock
Central bank governor · Australia · Reserve Bank of Australia
Michele Bullock is an Australian economist who is currently governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). She commenced as governor on 18 September 2023, and is the first woman to hold the role.
Tiff Macklem
Central bank governor · Canada · Bank of Canada
Richard Tiffany "Tiff" Macklem is a Canadian central banker and economist who has served as the 10th governor of the Bank of Canada since 2020.
Erik Thedéen
Central bank governor · Sweden · Sveriges Riksbank
Erik Hilding Thedéen is a Swedish economist, business leader and civil servant, who served as Director General of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority from 2015 to 2022. Since 1 January 2023 he serves as the Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.
Martin Schlegel
Chair of the SNB Governing Board · Switzerland · Swiss National Bank
Martin Schlegel is a Swiss economist and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
Lesetja Kganyago
Central bank governor · South Africa · South African Reserve Bank
Lesetja Kganyago is a South African economist and central banker. He is the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), having assumed the position on 9 November 2014, following the expiry of the term of his predecessor, Gill Marcus.
Isabel Schnabel
ECB Executive Board member · Euro area · European Central Bank
Isabel Schnabel is a German economist who has been serving as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank since 2020.
Jerome Powell
Former Federal Reserve chair · United States · Federal Reserve
Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell is an American central banker who currently serves as a governor of the Federal Reserve. He was the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2018 to 2026. He was previously both a lawyer and investment banker in the private sector before entering public service.