Peter Nicholl
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Peter Nicholl, QSO
Queen's Service Order
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 (born 1944) is a New Zealand
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 economist
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.

He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand
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 and was educated at Victoria University of Wellington
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 where he completed a BCA.

He joined the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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 where he worked for 22 years. He was chief economist for five years and deputy governor and deputy chief executive from 1990-1995.

In 1995 he became an executive director on the World Bank board representing New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, Australia
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, Korea
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, Cambodia
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, Mongolia
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 and seven Pacific island nations

Nicholl is currently a member of the governing board at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH). He was governor at the CBBH from 1997 to 2004, during which time the central bank introduced its own currency and was established as an institution across the whole country.

He received a Queen's Service Order for Public Services in 2006.

Nicholl resides in Italy
Italy
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with his second wife and daughter Lily. He has three adult children (Hilary, Linda and Roger) from his first marriage.

External links


http://riskbooks.com/Central%20Banking/central-bank-mod2007.php
http://www.bis.org/review/r031223d.pdf
http://www.mendhurst.com/download/improving-institutional-governance-in-central-banks.pdf
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