Who is Michele Bullock? The central bank veteran who’ll lead the RBA to 2030

By Bernard Keane

July 16, 2023

Michele Bullock
Michele Bullock, the first female Reserve Bank governor, is an RBA lifer from the payments system side of the bank. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Michele Bullock is the ninth governor of the modern Reserve Bank and the first female governor.

She is a Reserve Bank lifer, having entered the RBA in 1985 immediately after graduating in economics from the University of New England.

Bullock rose through the payments policy department of the bank before moving to the currency group and being promoted to assistant governor in 2010. Before her promotion to deputy governor in the wake of Guy Debelle’s departure in March 2022, she headed the financial system group.

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