The Search Committee is chaired
by Bank of Israel Deputy Governor Andrew Abir, and includes Bank of Israel
Director General Ms. Shulamit Geri, Prof. Nathan Sussman—former Research
Department Director at the Bank and Professor of Economics in the Geneva
Graduate Institute, and Prof. Zvi Eckstein—former Deputy Governor of the Bank
of Israel and Dean of Reichman University’s Tiomkin School of Economics.
The Search Committee will publish information on how to submit a candidacy for the position, will interview candidates that it finds fitting, and will recommend a small number of candidates to the Governor. The Search Committee and the Governor may also contact candidates who have not submitted candidacies on their own.
The Governor thanked the Committee members for their readiness to assist in the important process of choosing a Research Department Director at the Bank of Israel.