Dudley of N.Y. Fed to Head Organization of Central Bankers

By MARK SCOTT

LONDON — William C. Dudley, the current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been appointed chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System, a central bank forum for monitoring and examining issues relating to financial markets and systems.

Before his role at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mr. Dudley worked at Goldman Sachs from 1986 to 2007, and was the bank’s chief United States economist for 10 years.

His new position as chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System, part of the Bank for International Settlements, an association of the world’s central banks,