Aleš Michl

Aleš Michl
Aleš Michl in 2019
Governor of the Czech National Bank
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Vice GovernorEva Zamrazilová
Jan Frait
Preceded byJiří Rusnok
Member of the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank
Assumed office
1 December 2018
Personal details
Born (1977-10-18) 18 October 1977
Prague, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Alma materUniversity of Economics in Prague

Aleš Michl (born 18 October 1977) is a Czech economist and the fifth Governor of the Czech National Bank. He has been a member of the Czech National Bank's Board since 1 December 2018, and was appointed Governor by the President of the Czech Republic, effective from 1 July 2022, for a six-year term.

Michl is a former commercial bank investment strategist and co-founder of an algorithmic asset-management fund. He is the author of academic and popular articles and books on economics and the popularisation of mathematics. He holds a PhD in finance.

In January 2025, he received an award from The Banker magazine in the category of best governor of the year in Europe and in March 2025 he was awarded Governor of the Year at the Central Banking Awards 2025.