The NSW Government has appointed international law specialist Ros Grady as CEO of the new Centre for International Finance and Regulation.

Professor Grady is a banking and finance law specialist who is Adjunct Professor of Law at Sydney University. She has held senior positions with law firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques.

She has also worked as an international legal consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other leading international financial institutions on reforms to improve access to finance in developing markets.

NSW Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Stoner says the Centre for International Finance and Regulation “is focused on world-class research and educational activities to help governments, regulators and the finance industry address challenges and opportunities in the international finance sector”.