Christine Lagarde receives €140,000 from BIS despite payment ban for ECB staff

»“Preach water, drink wine!” wrote one ECB staff member according to screenshots seen by the FT.

Lagarde is one of the 18 global top central bankers sitting on the BIS board of directors. While all of them are entitled to annual fixed pay and variable attendance fees, the BIS does not disclose payments individually.

But in a written answer to German MEP Fabio De Masi and his Swedish colleague Dick Erixon, Lagarde disclosed for the first time on Friday that she received SFr130,457 from the BIS in 2025, which is about €140,000. In 2024, she received a basic ECB salary of €466,000 plus €135,000 in fringe benefits. Her estimated total remuneration of around €741,000 makes Lagarde the best-paid EU official.«

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