Christian Hawkesby
Christian was appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 8 April 2025 for a period of six months under section 96 of the Reserve Bank Act 2021.
In this capacity, Christian is CEO, Board member and chair of the Monetary Policy Committee.
Christian has been with Te Pūtea Matua since March 2019, and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee since its inception in April 2019.
Between January 2022 and March 2025, Christian was Deputy Governor and General Manager of the Financial Stability Group. Between March 2019 and December 2021, Christian was the Assistant Governor and General Manager of Economics, Financial Markets and Banking (‘the Money Group’).
Before joining the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Christian was part of the team that established Harbour Asset Management, which was awarded Morningstar New Zealand Fund Manager of the Year in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Christian spent 9 years at the Bank of England between 2001 and 2010, where he held senior positions including Private Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Chief Manager of Sterling Markets and Head of Market Intelligence.
Christian graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Master of Commerce (Hons) majoring in Economics, and started his career on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s graduate programme in 1998.
