Kristīne Černaja
Mežmale
On 9 June 2022, the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia appointed Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale as Member of the Council of Latvijas Banka (effective as of 1 January 2023). Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale holds Master’s Degree in Finance from BA School of Business and Finance.
Her professional experience is closely related to the financial sector and to the supervision of financial market participants. Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale has been working in financial and capital market supervision since 18 August 2017. In 2018, she was appointed as Head of Monetary Financial Institutions Operations Analysis Division of the Financial and Capital Market Commission's Supervision Department. Previously she was Deputy Head of Monetary Financial Institutions Operations Analysis Division, dealing with the supervision of significant institutions. Prior to her work at the Financial and Capital Market Commission, from 2006 to 2017, Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale had been employed by "Swedbank" AS in various positions.
From 2019 to 2022, Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale was Member of the Board of the Financial and Capital Market Commission. On 26 July 2023, Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale, a member of the Council of Latvijas Banka, was elected by the Council of the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities as a member of the Management Board of the European Banking Authority (EBA) for two and a half years.