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George Pickering Errol Kruger
Managing Director, Managing Director,
Policy and Supervision and
Enforcement Authorisation
Mr Pickering was appointed Managing Director Mr Kruger has over 34 years of financial services
of Policy and Enforcement in November 2010. regulatory experience gained with the South
His regulatory and financial markets experience African Reserve Bank, where for more than two
spans over 35 years. In his previous role, he was decades he focused on supervisory matters in
Chief of the Funds Management and Banking senior level appointments as General Manager,
Department at Bank of Canada, where he Registrar of Banks and Head of Bank Supervision.
was responsible for the fiscal agent policy in He assumed his current role of Managing
government debt, foreign reserves and risk Director, Supervision and Authorisation, at the
management, and the Bank’s government Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority in
banker activities. August 2011.
Mr Pickering served as an Advisor to the Mr Kruger rose to international prominence
Governor and was Secretary to the Governing promoting sound supervisory standards and
Council from 2004 to 2005. He was a member of practices globally, first serving on the Core
the Financial Stability Review Committee from Principles Liaison Group, a sub-committee of
2001 to 2010 and Chair of the Canadian Foreign the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision,
Exchange Committee from 2004 to 2008. Mr from 2003 to 2009 (also known as International
Pickering worked at the Bank for International Liaison Group, since 2007) then, since 2009,
Settlements (BIS) from 1990 to 2001 and the representing his country as a full member of the
International Monetary Fund from 1982 to 1986. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He is
He was the first Chief Representative for Asia currently a member of the Basel Consultative
and the Pacific for the BIS in Hong Kong from Group, a sub-committee of the Basel
1998 to 2001. Committee on Banking Supervision.
He is a member of the Financial Stability and
Risk Control Committee which was established 25
pursuant to Law number (13) of 2012 – Law
of the Qatar Central Bank. In addition, he
contributes as a speaker and presenter for
various domestic and international fora. A
graduate of the University of Pretoria, South
Africa, Mr Kruger was awarded the Risk Manager
of the Year award in 2010 from the South African
Institute of Risk Management.
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Managing Director, Managing Director,
Policy and Supervision and
Enforcement Authorisation
Mr Pickering was appointed Managing Director Mr Kruger has over 34 years of financial services
of Policy and Enforcement in November 2010. regulatory experience gained with the South
His regulatory and financial markets experience African Reserve Bank, where for more than two
spans over 35 years. In his previous role, he was decades he focused on supervisory matters in
Chief of the Funds Management and Banking senior level appointments as General Manager,
Department at Bank of Canada, where he Registrar of Banks and Head of Bank Supervision.
was responsible for the fiscal agent policy in He assumed his current role of Managing
government debt, foreign reserves and risk Director, Supervision and Authorisation, at the
management, and the Bank’s government Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority in
banker activities. August 2011.
Mr Pickering served as an Advisor to the Mr Kruger rose to international prominence
Governor and was Secretary to the Governing promoting sound supervisory standards and
Council from 2004 to 2005. He was a member of practices globally, first serving on the Core
the Financial Stability Review Committee from Principles Liaison Group, a sub-committee of
2001 to 2010 and Chair of the Canadian Foreign the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision,
Exchange Committee from 2004 to 2008. Mr from 2003 to 2009 (also known as International
Pickering worked at the Bank for International Liaison Group, since 2007) then, since 2009,
Settlements (BIS) from 1990 to 2001 and the representing his country as a full member of the
International Monetary Fund from 1982 to 1986. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. He is
He was the first Chief Representative for Asia currently a member of the Basel Consultative
and the Pacific for the BIS in Hong Kong from Group, a sub-committee of the Basel
1998 to 2001. Committee on Banking Supervision.
He is a member of the Financial Stability and
Risk Control Committee which was established 25
pursuant to Law number (13) of 2012 – Law
of the Qatar Central Bank. In addition, he
contributes as a speaker and presenter for
various domestic and international fora. A
graduate of the University of Pretoria, South
Africa, Mr Kruger was awarded the Risk Manager
of the Year award in 2010 from the South African
Institute of Risk Management.
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
