The Banker identifies those that have been integral to their countries' recoveries from various financial crises.

The Banker salutes the world’s top central bank governors who have shown unflinching leadership during the credit crunch, helped rejuvenate their country’s economies and succeeded in opening up once opaque financial structures.

The Banker salutes the world’s top central bank governors who have shown unflinching leadership during the credit crunch, helped rejuvenate their country’s economies and succeeded in opening up once opaque financial structures.

The Banker heralds the world’s best central bank governors who have stuck to their guns when under fire, whether it be encouraging diversification, controlling inflation or fighting off the governmental propensity for meddling.

With a fourth consecutive year of global economic growth a real prospect, The Banker heralds the world’s best central bank governors who are standing up to their more profligate political masters and forcing through the still-necessary reforms.

Süreyya Serdengeçti, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Strong global growth in 2004 faces heightened uncertainty in 2005. The Banker identifies the world’s best central bank governors  who are creating and sustaining the right macroeconomic conditions for long-term growth.

It has been a chequered year for central bankers, with most responding to sluggish growth or tackling the aftermath of crises. Strong, decisive leadership was the hallmark of The Banker’s choice of central bankers for 2004.