Faizul Ariff Ali has been appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji for a term of five years with effect from yesterday.
A government statement says the appointment was made on the advice of the Constitutional Offices Commission which held its meeting yesterday in which the Commission considered all applications as well as results of the interviews conducted and decided to recommend to the President, the appointment of Faizul Ariff Ali as the Governor of the Reserve Bank.
Ali has previously served as the Deputy Governor of RBF.
He was also appointed as the Acting Governor in May this year following the expiry of the term of Barry Whiteside.
The Constitutional Offices Commission meeting was attended by Chairman Voreqe Bainimarama and members, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Sitiveni Rabuka and Sanjay Kaba.
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