Ardo Hansson

Ardo Hansson
Governor of the Bank of Estonia
In office
7 June 2012  7 June 2019
Preceded byAndres Lipstok
Succeeded byMadis Müller
Personal details
Born (1958-07-15) 15 July 1958
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
Harvard University

Ardo Hillar Hansson (born 15 July 1958) is an Estonian economist. He was the Governor of Bank of Estonia from 2012 to 2019. He previously worked as a senior economist at the World Bank for several European countries, and chief of its Economic Policy Unit in China. He was one of three committeemen who were responsible for transitioning Estonia from the Soviet ruble to the Estonian kroon in 1992.