The ECB is governed by a board of directors, headed by a President, and a board of governors, consisting of the members of the board of directors and representatives of the other central banks in the ESCB.
The organization of the ECB is modelled on that of the German Bundesbank? and Landsbank?s.
The first head of the ECB is [Wim Duisenberg]?, former president of [Nederlandse Bank]? the Dutch national bank, and former finance minister of The Netherlands.