Arnout Henricus Elisabeth Maria "Nout" Wellink (born 27 August 1943) is a Dutch economist and former central banker.
In 2010, Financial News determined that Wellink was the man who was believed to have wielded the greatest influence on worldwide financial oversight including "game-changing proposals on capital requirements and liquidity" for the world's banks.[1] He was president of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), a director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) from 1997 to 2012 and chairman of the board from 2002 through 2006. Also, Wellink was a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank from 1999 to 2012,[2] a governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB).[3] Since October 2012 he has been a member of the board of the Bank of China.[4]
- ^ Ahuja, Vivek. "And the most important financial regulator of 2010 was...," Wall Street Journal (US). January 19, 2011; citing and FN100 which annually ranks the most influential people in the European capital markets
- ^ Nout Wellink bio notes, Wall Street Journal (US).
- ^ De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Governing Board
- ^ 'Wellink in bestuur van Bank of China', NRC Handelsblad, 19 November 2012