in Political Science and Economics, University of Toronto, 1967 Malcolm D. Knight is a Canadian economist, policymaker and banker.
He is currently Visiting Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation.
As the number two in Canada's central bank, Knight was its chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors.
Malcolm Knight became General Manager and chief executive officer of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in April 2003.
He currently serves on the Boards of the International Valuation Standards Council and the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (Toronto), and he is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Risk Management Institute of the University of Singapore and the North American Advisory Board of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In addition, Knight is a Trustee of the Per Jacobsson Foundation, which organises lectures by eminent figures in the economic and financial community, a member of the Board of Patrons of the European Association for Banking and Financial History, and a member of the Board of the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts.