Dr. David Klein
2000 -

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Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1935

2000 to present day:  7th Governor, Bank of Israel.

1987 to 2000:   Bank of  Israel:
Member, management of the Bank of Israel; Head of Monetary and Foreign Exchange           Supervision Departments (see appendix for principal areas).
Bank of Israel representative on board of directors of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

1976 to 1987:   Bank Leumi Le-Israel:
 Senior economist and member of the management.
Head of the strategic planning division.
Deputy director, business division.
Chairman, fees committee.
Member, provident and trust funds’ investment committees.

1972 to 1976:   Tevel Institute of Policy Studies, Jerusalem (jointly owned by the government and an American investor):

Developed an econometric model for and in cooperation with the Budget Department of            the Ministry of Finance for assessing the impact of the budget on the economy.
Member of the Institute’s management.

1966 to 1972:   International Monetary Fund, US, Fiscal Affairs Department:
 Fiscal policy in developing countries.
 Member, IMF delegations for annual consultations with member-countries.

1962:   Economist of an inter-disciplinary team for rehabilitating the town of Qazvin in Iran after an earthquake.

1959 to 1966:   Budget Department, Ministry of Finance:
          Responsible for a ministry’s budget.
          Assisted the team that established the town of Arad.
          Responsible for the long-term planning of the government budget.

Education

1959:   B.A., General History and Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;

1971:   Ph.D., Economics, George Washington University, USA.

 

Source:
Central Bank of Israel