Dietrich Domanski, FSB Secretary General since January 2018, directs the work of the Basel-based secretariat. Previous roles include Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economic Department and Head of Economic Analysis (BIS), head of the capital markets group in the Deutsche Bundesbank Economics Department, and IMF advisor to Bank Indonesia during the 1990s Asian crisis.

The Financial Stability Board is an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system. It promotes international financial stability by coordinating national financial authorities and international standard-setting bodies in developing strong regulatory, supervisory and other financial sector policies.