By decision of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Timur Ishmetov, Chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, was elected Vice Chair of the AFI Board of Directors.

According to the Central Bank’s Press Service, T. Ishmetov will continue to work as AFI’s representative for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has been a full member of AFI since 2018 and actively participates in the work of the organization’s management bodies, including the Committee on Banks, Budget and Finance, and the Gender Inclusive Finance.

“Admission to the AFI Board of Directors is significant recognition of our country’s transformative reforms in promoting financial inclusion, supporting SMEs, and strengthening the foundations of an inclusive financial ecosystem”, said Timur Ishmetov. “This appointment will enable Uzbekistan to share evidence-based perspectives and reform-oriented policy insights, and to promote fair, resilient, and future-ready financial systems across AFI’s global network and the wider financial inclusion community”.

Timur Ishmetov also heads the AFI’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Policy Initiative.

Sh. Mamaturopova, UzA