Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury in 1990 as a non-executive director, and became the chief economist in 1991. In 1998, he became a deputy governor of the bank and a member of the Group of Thirty. King was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England in 2003, succeeding Edward George. Most notably, he oversaw the bank during the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the Great Recession. King retired from his office as governor in June 2013, and was succeeded by Mark Carney. He was appointed a life peer and entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in July 2013. Since September 2014 he
Governor of the National Bank of Romania Governor of the National Bank of Romania The Governor of the National Bank of Romania ("Guvernatorul Băncii Naționale a României") is the head of the National Bank of Romania, being also the president of the Council of Administration of the Bank. He or she is named at the same time as the Council of Administration by the Parliament in a joint session of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies for a five-year term. The current Council of Administration was voted (named) on 6 October 2009. The current Governor is Mugur Isărescu, the longest continuous serving Governor, with a one-year