Svein Harald Øygard

Svein Harald Øygard ( born June 29, 1960) is a Norwegian economist and former interim president of the Central Bank of Iceland ( Seðlabanka Íslands ).

Life

Øygard has received an education in economics at the University of Oslo. In the period from 1983 to 1990 he was with the Central Bank of Norway, Norges Bank operates. From 1990 to 1994 he worked as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. As a result, he became involved in 1995 in economic consulting firm McKinsey and worked in a managerial capacity in the Oslo office. Through the good offices of the Norwegian Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen in conjunction with the Icelandic Finance Minister Steingrimur Sigfússon Øygard was then on 27 February 2009 Interim President of the Icelandic Central Bank. This Øygard ever could start his new job, had, since two of the three previous governors refused to voluntarily withdraw from their posts, first the Icelandic central bank law to be changed. This happened on 26 February 2009., The predecessor Oddsson made ​​of his disdain and contempt for Øygard no secret. He avoided even to call Øygards name at all and instead said " this man " or " the provisional bank chairman ." Even after half a year, in August 2009, Øygard handed his post to the Icelandic economist Már Guðmundsson, as was planned from the outset that in the long run an Icelandic citizen should lead the central bank.