The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has hired Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli as the new head of its Innovation Hub.

Mancini-Griffoli, who is currently assistant director, payments, currencies, and infrastructure, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will join the BIS Innovation Hub on 1 March 2026.

The BIS Innovation Hub works together with central bank partners to explore projects that have the potential to enhance the "resilience and efficiency" of the global financial system.

It also monitors critical trends in technology affecting central banking, works closely to complement the research work of the BIS, and serves as a focal point for a network of over 200 central bank experts on innovation.

Mancini-Griffoli succeeds Cecilia Skingsley, who was appointed county governor of the County Administrative Board of Stockholm, Sweden in June.

He will lead the BIS Innovation Hub in its goal to facilitate international collaboration among central banks on innovative financial technology.

Mancini-Griffoli joined the IMF in 2011, where he has held a number of leadership roles covering monetary policy and central banking operations, as well as payments and financial market infrastructures.

He is currently the chair of the IMF coordination group on digital money and represents the IMF in international forums.

Prior to joining the IMF, Mancini-Griffoli was a senior economist advising the board of the Swiss National Bank on monetary policy.

He previously held roles at Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group, and a technology start-up in Silicon Valley.

The BIS Innovation Hub has a global footprint across seven countries, including Frankfurt/Paris (for the Eurosystem), Hong Kong SAR, London, Singapore, Stockholm (for the Nordic countries), Switzerland and Toronto.

It also has a strategic partnership with the US Federal Reserve System.

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