Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg

Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg was born in 1956 in Montreal

Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1956. She is married to Manuel Trajtenberg, and they have 3 children.

She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Montreal in 1978. As a Rhodes Scholar, she completed a master's degree in philosophy, political science and economics at Oxford. She received a doctorate in economics from Harvard in 1986, under the supervision of Larry Summers, with a thesis on tax distortions in Canada.

In 1984 and 1985 she advised the Canadian finance ministry on tax reform. In 1987 she joined Bank Hapoalim as a research economist and later held management roles there, including head of investor relations from 2003 to 2009. In 2009 she joined the faculty of Reichman University, where she teaches macroeconomics and economic policy.

In 2014 the government approved her appointment as deputy governor of the Bank of Israel. She led the creation of a credit data registry and the bank's preparations for the state fund for gas and oil revenue. She was acting governor from November to December 2018, when the monetary committee she chaired raised the interest rate to 0.25%.

She left the post in February 2019. She has served on the board of the Hebrew University since 2020 and on the board of Cellebrite since 2021. She is also vice chair of the board of Bank Esh Israel.