Internal administration of the Bank With the appointment of Mr. James Cross as Deputy Governor from 1 January 1997, all vacancies in the top management of the Bank have now been filled again for the first time since July 1995. The total staff complement of the Bank varied around 1,800 during the year ended 31 March 1997.
At the same time, further progress was made with the Bank’s transformation process when more than 70 per cent of the 136 new appointments to the Bank was drawn from previously under-represented groups. The Bank’s international activities were affected to an important extent by the currency turmoils of last year.