The Swiss National Bank is facing calls for an overhaul in its governance, with critics saying too much power lies in the hands of its chairman Thomas Jordan and that more transparency is needed.
has led to it building up a balance sheet of nearly 900 billion Swiss francs - equivalent to 113% of Swiss economic output.
She leaves at the end of June and calls are emerging for her to be succeeded by an independent, female candidate. "Although the SNB has done a pretty good job to stabilize prices and inflation..it needs to evolve and have more diversity to tackle the upcoming challenges," said Andrey.While past ECB chiefs like Mario Draghi have faced criticism for forcing through their views, current boss Christine Lagarde has said her role is to forge consensus among the euro zone's 26 policy-makers.
The bank, which holds its shareholders meeting on Friday, said it saw "no advantage" in expanding its governing council.
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