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Dear Ester-Mirjam, 
 
Thank you so much for your reference. Although it does not have the analogy 
to independent judges, it is exactly to the point of my query. As far as 
"men" are concerned - your comment alerted me to the fact that central 
banks are indeed still a male bastion. 
 
There _are_  exceptions, however: 
 
http://www.usagold.com/centralbank/current.html listed in 2000 eight female central bank
governors:
 
Datuk Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia 
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, President, National Bank of Poland 
Marion Williams, Governor, Central Bank of Barbados 
Bodil Nyboe Andersen, Chairwoman, Damarks Nationalbank 
Linah Mohohlo, Governor, Bank of Botswana 
Cheryl-Ann Lister, Chairwoman, Bermuda Monetary Authority 
Dolly Singh, Governor, Bank of Guyana 
Maria do Carmo Carvalho, Governor, Central Bank of Sao Tome e Principe 
 
Other prominent female central bankers: 
 
Cathy Mineham, President of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 
Sirkka Hamalainen, Member of the Board, ECB 
Sheryl Kennedy, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada 
Gill Marcus, Deputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank 
Marcia de Wachter, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Belgium 
Tanya Sirivedhin, Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand 
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Vice Governor, Central Bank of Austria 
Wendy Craig, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Bahamas 
Julia Majaha-Jartby, Deputy Governor, Bank of Botswana 
Baroness Noakes, Chairman of Nedco, Bank of England 
Isabel Strauss-Kahn, Banque de France 
Faith Stewart, Division Chief, Bank of Jamaica 
Jennifer Nero, Head of Internal Audit, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 
Kee-Tian Teo, Head of Risk Management, Bank Negara Malaysia 
Yeo Lian Sim, Assistant Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore 
Merlyn Lowther, Chief Cashier, Bank of England 
DeAnne Julius, MPC member, Bank of England 
Carmen Elena de Aleman, Vice President, Central Bank of El Salavador 
Miranda Goeltom, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia 
Sylvia Piterman, Director of Foreign Currency Department, Bank of Israel 
Veronica Bacalu, Vice Governor, National Bank of Moldova 
Svetlana Pinzari, Vice Governor, National Bank of Moldova 
S. G. Mdluli, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Swaziland 
Amoy Chang Fong, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago 
Karen Johnson, Head of International Relations, 
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
 
Best regards, 
Michael Ambrosi 
 
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