Anna Breman

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Born	1976-05-13; Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Uppsala University,Stockholm School of Economics, Harvard University
	Swedish central banker who was selected to become [[Reserve Bank of New Zealand/Governor \|Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand]] in 2025.=

Dr Anna Breman is a Swedish central banker who was selected to become Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 2025.^[1] Breman has done research on psychological manipulation ("nudging").^[2]

Education

Breman took her BSc in Economics from Uppsala University in 2001, and her PhD in economics from Stockholm School of Economics in 2006. During her PhD, she attended Harvard University as a visiting graduate student. In 2006 she was a visiting researcher at the University of California, San Diego.^[3]^[4]

Career

Breman began her career at the World Bank as an intern and consultant for the "Health, Nutrition and Population" team. After completing her PhD studies, she joined the Swedish Ministry of Finance, then moved to Swedbank as a senior economist in the research department in 2013. Breman was named Group Chief Economist in 2015, and later also became Head of Macro Research in 2018.^[5]^[6] In November 2019, following the departure of Kerstin af Jochnick in September of that year, Breman was appointed Deputy Governor of the Riksbank for a six-year term. She started her term on 1 December 2019.^[7]

On the 24 of September 2025, New Zealand Minister of Finance Nicola Willis announced that Breman had been appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (effective from 1 December 2025). She will be the first foreign national to hold that post.^[8]^[9]

Personal life

Breman is married and has two daughters.^[8]^[10]

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References

[1] ttps://x.com/2ETEKA/status/1970696777734017056

[2] ttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272711000764 The nominal research subject was for charity, but has a wide application

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20171215020832/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-11/how-to-nudge-people-to-give-more-to-charity

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250924030940/https://poverty-action.org/people/anna-breman

[5] ttps://news.cision.com/swedbank/r/anna-breman---swedbank-s-new-chief-economist,c2012894

[6] ttps://www.realtid.se/anna-breman-ny-vice-riksbankschef

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250924025953/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-sweden-cenbank-governor-idINKBN1XI0WS

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[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250924024007/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/inside-economics-reserve-bank-governor-announced-today-pluswas-gdp-really-that-bad/3KBHE4LFVJCM3EFMGXGWJVCXDQ/

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210711192401/https://www.civilekonomen.se/aktuellt/hon-vill-losa-framtidens-utmaning

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