Turkey’s newly appointed finance minister, Mehmet Simsek, met with a former co-chief executive of First Republic Bank, a potential candidate for the job of running the central bank, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s newly appointed finance minister, Mehmet Simsek, met with a former co-chief executive of First Republic Bank, a potential candidate for the job of running the central bank, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Hafize Gaye Erkan, a veteran of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., resigned from First Republic Bank in a surprise move just over a year ago. Simsek’s office declined to comment while Erkan couldn’t be immediately reached.
–With assistance from Beril Akman.
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