{{Short description|New Zealand economist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Peter Nicholl | honorific_suffix = QSO | image = | office = 1st Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina | term_start = 20 June 1997 | term_end = 31 December 2004 | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = Kemal Kozarić | birth_name = Peter William Ernest Nicholl | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand | profession = Economist }} '''Peter William Ernest Nicholl''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} (born 1944) is a New Zealand economist.
==Early life and education== Nicholl was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and was educated at Victoria University of Wellington where he completed a BCA.
==Career== Nicholl joined the Reserve Bank of New Zealand where he worked for 22 years. He was chief economist for five years and deputy governor and deputy chief executive from 1990 to 1995.
In 1995, he became an executive director on the World Bank board representing New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Cambodia, Mongolia and seven Pacific island nations.
Nicholl is currently a member of the governing board at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH). He was Governor of the CBBH from 1997 to 2004, during which time the central bank introduced its own currency and was established as an institution across the whole country.
In the 2006 New Year Honours, Nicholl was appointed a companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2006 | title=New Year honours list 2006 |date=31 December 2005 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Nicholl resides in New Zealand with his second wife and daughter Lily. He has three adult children (Hilary, Linda and Roger) from his first marriage.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060827092645/http://www.ohr.int/decisions/econdec/default.asp?content_id=37600 ohr.int] *[http://riskbooks.com/Central%20Banking/central-bank-mod2007.php riskbooks.com] *[http://www.bis.org/review/r031223d.pdf bis.org] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714072158/http://www.mendhurst.com/download/improving-institutional-governance-in-central-banks.pdf mendhurst.com]
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