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Asta KuniyoshiDeputy Chair of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania |
Asta Kuniyoshi joined the Bank of Lithuania having gained considerable experience in Lithuania’s and the EU's public finance management. She was Director of the Budget Policy Monitoring Department at the National Audit Office of Lithuania and served as Financial Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union (EU). Having started her career at the Social Policy Analysis and Forecasting Department of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Asta Kuniyoshi also worked at the Ministry of Finance, namely the European Union Budget Division, the European Communities’ Own Resources Division, and the Planning and Analysis Division. As Deputy Chair of the Board, she oversees the fields of cash, data and statistics, payment instrument policy and payment systems, as well as organisational management (administration) to the extent that it is implemented by the IT Department and the Corporate Services Department. She is also responsible for the activities of the Bank of Lithuania in exercising the rights conferred by the state-owned shares at the Lithuanian Mint.
Education
- 1989–1995 – Graduated in Economic Systems Analysis, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University
Professional experience
- As of 16 May 2019 – Deputy Chair of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania
- 2014–2019 – Director of the Budget Policy Monitoring Department at the National Audit Office of Lithuania
- 2012–2014 – Head of the European Union Budget Division of the European Union and International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Finance
- 2007–2012 – Financial Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union
- 2004–2007 – Head of the European Union Budget Division of the Budget Department at the Ministry of Finance
- 2003–2004 – Head of the European Communities’ Own Resources Division of the Fiscal Policy Department at the Ministry of Finance
- 2001–2003 – Principal Specialist at the Planning and Analysis Division of the Fiscal Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance
- 1994–2001 – Senior Specialist at the Social Policy Analysis and Forecasting Department of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour