The presence of Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, Mr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, and Mr Jaseem Ahmed, Secretary General of the Islamic Financial Services Board, amidst a record turn-out of Governors at  BIS central bankers’ speeches  15  AACB meetings, raised the profile of the meeting and enriched discussions.
As Chairman of the AACB, my overarching priority for 2014 will be to operationalise the Community of African Banking Supervisors, established at the beginning of the year and help to carve out a coordinating role for it in overseeing the work and initiatives in this area at the level of the various sub-regional groupings on the continent. (More on this issue) 59.