Imene Rahmouni-Rousseau

Imene Rahmouni-Rousseau is the Deputy Director for Market Operations at Banque de France. She oversees monetary policy operations, including the Eurosystem asset purchase programs, foreign exchange reserve management, and the provision of investment services to foreign central banks. She manages five divisions and a total of 100 persons, mainly based in Paris, and for a small part in New York. Regarding the Quantitative Easing programme of the Eurosystem, her Directorate directly conducts purchases for the Covered Bond Purchase Programme (CBPP), the ABS Purchase Programme (ABSPP), and the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP). Her directorate also plays a lead coordinator role within the Eurosystem regarding the purchase of European institution bonds as part of the PSPP. In addition, Imene is directly involved in the design and governance of the programmes, working closely with the ECB and the other National Central Banks. 

Imene was previously a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Secretariat, at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel (Switzerland). There, she led the work on risks and vulnerabilities in the global financial system, as Secretary to the FSB Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities (SCAV). She worked closely on financial regulation issues with FSB member institutions (central banks, bank and market supervisors, ministries of finance) from a range of 24 jurisdictions and international institutions.