Silk focused on team, not Reserve Bank top job

Silk focused on team, not Reserve Bank top job
Assistant governor Karen Silk took up the role in May. (Image: Reserve Bank)
Rebecca Howard
Recently appointed Reserve Bank of New Zealand assistant governor Karen Silk is sure the bank’s top job will eventually go to a woman.“One day, I'm sure there will be [a woman in the role]", she said in an interview at the Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) in Wellington. She declined, however, to say whether she’d ever would be keen to throw her hat in the ring. “I’m still relatively new to my current role, so I’m strongly focused on leading my teams and helping RBNZ to meet its mandate,” she...

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