Pablo Hernandez de Cos
General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements.
Pablo Hernandez de Cos is General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements; Spain nominated him in July 2026 as its candidate for the presidency of the European Central Bank, a contest still unresolved.
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Pablo Hernandez de Cos is General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel-based institution that supports central-bank co-operation and publishes cross-country economic research.
Spain nominated him in July 2026 as its candidate for the presidency of the European Central Bank. The contest between Spain's nominee and other candidates remained unresolved as this page was written, so no reader should take him as currently holding the ECB seat.
His BIS role gives him a platform on the institution's cross-country research, including its work comparing AI exposure and employment outcomes across economies with different AI-preparedness scores.
BIS publishes its comparative work on AI-exposed employment under the institution's name rather than under any single official, so his role as General Manager gives him a platform on that output without making him its sole author.
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