Changes on central bank board after promotion of Singer to top job

Czech President Vaclav Klaus has appointed Kamil Janáček to the board of the Czech National Bank. Mr Janáček is an economics professor and the chief economist of Komerční banka. At the same time, Mr Klaus promoted Vladimír Tomšík to vice-governor, as a replacement for Miroslav Singer, who was recently appointed central bank governor following the departure of Zdeněk Tůma.