Economics
ECB on Cusp of History If Only Next Top Recruit Is a Woman
- Mersch vacancy is chance to reach gender balance on the board
- Governments have privilege of picking ECB’s executive suite
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The next appointment to the European Central Bank’s Executive Board could turn out to be one of the most consequential for diversity in its history -- if only governments might oblige.
Putting one more woman on the top team, which designs the monetary policies that drive the euro-zone economy, would make half of the six-member panel female and place the institution on a global pedestal for progress and equality.