H.E. Ambassador Girma Birru Geda
H.E. Ambassador Girma Birru
Chairman
H.E. Mamo E. Mihretu
Member
H.E. Dr. Fitsum Assefa
Member
H.E. Dr. Eyob Tekalign
Member
H.E. Fikadu Digafe
Member
H.E. Yasmin Wohabrebbi
Member
Ato. Gebreyesus Guntie
Secretary
H.E. Mamo E. Mihretu
Governor
Biography

H.E. Mamo E. Mihretu is the 10th Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). Before he was appointed as the Governor of NBE, Mr. Mihretu served as the founding CEO of the Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the strategic investment arm of the government of Ethiopia. EIH manages all key commercial companies of the government of Ethiopia, such as Ethiopian Airlines and EthioTelecom.

Mr. Mihretu is a member of Ethiopia’s Macroeconomic Council, which is the body that steers economic policy and strategic decisions. He has been a member and a Secretary of the Council for the last four and half years. He was an active member of the economic team that conceptualized, developed and implemented Ethiopia’s economic reform program.

As a Board member of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) for four years, the largest financial institution in the country, Mr. Mihretu chaired CBE’s transformation program.

Mr. Mihretu also served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Ethiopia’s Chief Trade Negotiator from 2018-2021. While working at the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr. Mihretu helped create the policy and performance department that oversees performance outcomes of government agencies. Before joining the Ethiopian government in 2018. Mr. Mihretu was a Senior Project Manager at the World Bank Group in Kenya from 2010 to 2018, working mainly on finance and competitiveness issues. Mr. Mihretu obtained a Master’s Degree in Leadership, Public Administration and Economic Development from the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in the United States. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Trade and Investment from the Universities of Pretoria and University of Amsterdam. He was a gold medalist when he graduated from Addis Ababa University, School of Law.

H.E. Mamo E. Mihretu
Governor
H.E. Fikadu Digafe
V/Governor and Chief Economist
H.E. Eyob Gebreyesus
V/Governor, Corporate Service
H.E. Solomon Desta
V/Governor, Financial Institutions Supervision
Filimon Rezene
Acting Director, Procurement Service Management Directorate
Habtamu Workineh
Director, External Economic Analysis and International Relations Directorate
Frezer Ayalew
Director, Bank Supervision Directorate
Wondewosen Tsegaw
Director, Information Systems Management Directorate
Kassahun Yohanes
Acting Director, Ethiopian Institute of Financial Studies
Befkadu Gashaw
Director, Domestic Economic Analysis and Publication Directoriate
Zemzem Ahmed
Director, Economic Modeling and Statistical Analysis Directorate
G/Medhin Tsegay
Director, Engineering, Property, and Transport Services Management Directorate
Belay Tulu
Director, Insurance Supervision Directorate
Yenehassab Tadesse
Director, Foreign Exchange Monitoring and Reserve Management Directoriate
Sintayehu Desalegn
Acting Director, Micro-Finance Institutions Supervision Directorate
Merema Kamil
Director, Corporate Finance Directorate
Solomon Damtew
Director, Payment and Settlement Systems Directorate
Zelalem Abera
Director, Human Resource Management Directorate
Gebeyaw Takele
Director, Projects Management Office
Mesfin Getachew
Director, Legal Service Directorate
Muhidin Shifa
Acting Director, Financial Consumer Protection and Education Directorate
Temesegen Zeleke
Director, Financial Inclusion Secretariat
Wondimeneh Asrat
Director, Internal Audit and Risk Management Directorate
Woyenshet Zeberga
Director, Monetary and Financial Analysis Directorate
Abebe Senbete
Director, Currency Management Directorate
Ato. Gebreyesus Guntie
Senior Advisor to the Governor
Wro. Marta H/Mariam
Advisor to V/Governor, Financial Institutions Supervision Cluster
Mulualem Eshetu
Advisor to V/Governor and Chief Economist
Workabeba Bahiru
Advisor to V/Governor, Corporate Service
Helaway Tadesse
Senior Advisor, Head of OTM
Jotework Ayele
Senior Advisor, Financial Sector
Dr. Naoll Addisu
Advisor, Technology
Negede Yilma
Advisor, Communications