And a very warm welcome to my Fellow Governors, former governors, central bankers and other overseas visitors who are with us this morning. I feel very privileged and honoured to address you this morning at the opening ceremony of this Sixth meeting of Governors of the Eastern Africa chapter of the Association of African Central Banks.
For my colleagues and me at the Bank of Mauritius, this meeting assumes even greater significance as we prepare to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Bank in three months’ time. It is just twelve weeks since I was appointed Governor of the Bank of Mauritius. I am acutely conscious that I am very much the new boy on the block.