Assistant Governor (Financial System) Brad Jones

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Dr Brad Jones is Assistant Governor (Financial System) at the Reserve Bank of Australia and Deputy Chair of the Payments System Board. He oversees the RBA’s policy work in financial stability and payments, including the future of money and geopolitical risk.

Brad is a member of the Council of Financial Regulators, the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, and Chair of the RBA’s Financial Market Infrastructure Review Committee. He is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Global Finance and a signatory to The Banking and Finance Oath.

Brad joined the RBA in 2018, serving as Head of International Department and then as Head of Economic Analysis Department. In the fifteen years prior to joining the RBA, Brad was a senior advisor at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C., held global macro research and investment responsibilities at Deutsche Bank in London and Hong Kong, and was a Fellow at the Cambridge University Judge Business School.

Education Macquarie University (PhD Finance, 2003)
Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD, 2017)
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
2003–12 Deutsche Bank Global Markets, London and Hong Kong
2013–18 International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
2016–18 University of California at Santa Cruz, Department of Economics (Centre for Analytical Finance)
UN Principles for Responsible Investment, Academic Advisory Committee
2016–21 University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Fellow
2018–2020 Head of International Department
2020-2022 Head of Economic Analysis Department