Professor Hyun Song Shin

The College congratulates Univ Honorary Fellow, Professor Hyun Song Shin, on his appointment by President Lee Jae-myung to serve as Governor of the Bank of Korea, succeeding Rhee Chang-yong. Professor Shin was a Tutorial Fellow in Economics at Univ from 1990 to 1994. He was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 2018.

Professor Shin is a renowned South Korean economic theorist and financial economist who focuses on global games. He was the Economic Adviser and Head of Research in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) from May 2014 to March 2026, where his work helped shape international thinking on financial stability, monetary policy, and banking.

Before joining the BIS, Mr Shin was the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University. In 2010, on leave from Princeton, he served as Senior Adviser to the Korean president, taking a leading role in formulating financial stability policy in Korea and developing the agenda for the G20 during Korea’s presidency.

He holds a DPhil and MPhil in Economics from Oxford (Nuffield College) and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Magdalen College). Professor Shin is author of numerous publications in the fields of monetary policy, banking, finance and issues related to financial stability.

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