ECB appoints Eva Murciano Sánchez as Director General Human Resources (669 KB)

Press release

19 January 2022

ECB appoints Eva Murciano Sánchez as Director General Human Resources

• Eva Murciano Sánchez to take up role on 1 February 2022
• Ms Murciano Sánchez has been Acting Director General Human Resources since June 2021

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Eva Murciano Sánchez as Director General Human Resources. The Directorate General Human Resources offers a strategic partnership to ECB business areas and services to underpin sustainable organisational excellence as well as a healthy work environment that fosters engagement and personal growth.

Ms Murciano Sánchez joined the ECB from the private sector in 1999 and has held various managerial and professional roles since then. She has been Acting Director General Human Resources since June 2021, and previously held the role of Deputy Director General Human Resources. Before that, she was Head of the Business Partnering Division in the same Directorate General, covering areas such as working culture, talent acquisition and staff relations. Ms Murciano Sánchez has played a key role in driving the ECB's diversity and inclusion strategy. She holds a master's degree in political science from the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona.

Ms Murciano Sánchez has led recent internal reviews introducing strategic Human Resource management focused on people and business needs, while building on a more agile, customer-oriented and data-driven approach to attracting and developing talent within the ECB. In her new role she will report to the Chief Services Officer.

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