Haiti’s central bank has a new provisional Board of Directors, installed Wednesday in Port-au-Prince at a ceremony where the government laid out four priorities for the institution, starting with bringing inflation down to single digits. The online outlet Vant Bèf Info (VBI) reported the account in an article by Moïse François.
Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé presided over the ceremony at the Antonio André Convention and Documentation Center, according to VBI.
The event drew government members, executives of the Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH), and representatives from the financial and private business sectors.
The Council of Ministers named the new provisional board by decree at a meeting on August 11, 2026.
It includes Ronald Gabriel, who was reappointed as governor; Guerly Leriche as deputy governor; Florient Jean Mari as director general; and Michèle Delerme and Edwige Jean as members.
Gabriel is an economist who has led the central bank since 2023, when he was elevated from director general to governor.
Four Priorities for the New Team
Fils-Aimé used the ceremony to set out the government’s expectations, VBI reported. His first priority is monetary: returning inflation to below 10 percent. The second is consolidating the country’s financial and macroeconomic stability.
The prime minister also pointed to modernizing Haiti’s national payment system as a central goal, and called on the new team to advance a project to develop a financial market and to support economic growth.
According to VBI, Fils-Aimé also praised the outgoing central bank officials’ work, saying the institution had made progress over the past three years in conducting monetary policy.
Beyond the economic targets, the prime minister asked the BRH to strengthen its communication with the public.
He said the central bank should do more to explain its decisions and policies, and to make clear how they affect the wider economy, VBI reported. In the government’s view, better public information can help build confidence among economic actors and the population.
Fils-Aimé also addressed the country’s security situation, reaffirming his government’s intention to gradually restore the conditions needed for economic activity to resume, VBI said. He singled out downtown Port-au-Prince, where restoring security remains a major challenge.
The prime minister framed a return to democratic and constitutional order as an important condition for stabilizing the country. The new BRH leadership, VBI noted, takes office facing a demanding agenda in which controlling inflation, securing financial stability, and modernizing the payment system now rank among its principal tasks.
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Source: https://vantbefinfo.com/brh-le-nouveau-conseil-d’administration-installe-quatre-priorités-fixées/
