Anna Breman
{{Short description|Swedish banker and economist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anna Breman
| office = First Deputy Governor
of Sveriges Riksbank
| termstart = 2 September 2022
| predecessor = Cecilia Skingsley
| office2 = Deputy Governor
of Sveriges Riksbank
| termstart2 = 1 December 2019
| termend2 = 2 September 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Upplands Väsby, Sweden
}}
Anna Breman (born 13 May 1976) is a Swedish banker and economist. She is currently serving as the First Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.{{Cite news|date=2019-11-08|title=Swedbank economist Breman named deputy governor of Swedish central bank|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-sweden-cenbank-governor-idINKBN1XI0WS|access-date=2021-07-11}}{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Simon|date=2019-12-19|title=UPDATE 4-Sweden ends five years of negative rates with hike to zero|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-cenbank-rates-idUSL8N28T1LK|access-date=2021-07-11}}
Education
Breman gained 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.{{Cite news|last=Sunstein|first=Cass|date=11 December 2017|title=How to Nudge People to Give More to Charity|work=Bloomberg L.P|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-12-11/how-to-nudge-people-to-give-more-to-charity}}{{Cite web|date=2015-01-22|title=Anna Breman|url=https://www.poverty-action.org/people/anna-breman|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Innovations for Poverty Action|language=en}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Anna Breman – Swedbank's new Chief Economist|url=https://news.cision.com/swedbank/r/anna-breman---swedbank-s-new-chief-economist,c2012894|access-date=2021-07-11|website=News Powered by Cision|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Anna Breman ny vice riksbankschef|url=https://www.realtid.se/anna-breman-ny-vice-riksbankschef|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Realtid|language=sv}} 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.
Personal life
Breman is married and has two children. She lives in central Stockholm.{{Cite web|title=Hon vill lösa framtidens utmaning|url=https://www.civilekonomen.se/aktuellt/hon-vill-losa-framtidens-utmaning/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Civilekonomen|language=sv-SE}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/riksbanken/direktionen/cv/anna-breman-cv-eng.pdf Anna Breman's CV from Sveriges Riksbank]
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Category:People from Upplands Väsby Municipality
Category:Swedish women economists
Category:21st-century Swedish economists
Category:Uppsala University alumni
Category:Stockholm School of Economics alumni
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences