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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Andréa M Maechler
Deputy General Manager
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Andréa M Maechler became Deputy General Manager of the BIS on 1 September 2023.
Ms Maechler was a member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) from 2015 until 2023. At the SNB, she was responsible for the Money Market and Foreign Exchange, Asset Management, Banking Operations and Information Technology portfolios.
Prior to joining the SNB, she was Deputy Division Chief in the Global Markets Analysis Division of the International Monetary Fund. She has worked at other international organisations, including the European Systemic Risk Board and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
She was Chair of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee of central banks from December 2021 to June 2023. Ms Maechler has a PhD and a master's degree in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Diploma of Higher Studies (DES) in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Speaking at
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9:45–10:00amWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
What Makes Money, Money? Ensuring Trust in the Next-Generation Financial System - Keynote by Andréa Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
About this session
As money and financial assets become increasingly tokenised and move onto digital platforms, preserving trust is a central challenge. This speech by Andréa Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), explores how trust in money is sustained, and how these foundations can be extended to emerging tokenised ecosystems.
