ECB Gets Another ‘Moderate Hawk’ as Dutch Central-Bank Veteran Exits

Olaf Sleijpen, the European Central Bank’s newest interest-rate setter, is about to continue where his Dutch predecessor left off.

The 54-year-old economist takes over as the head of the central bank of the Netherlands on Tuesday, succeeding the hawkish Klaas Knot, who was among the most keenly tracked policymakers, despite him hailing from outside the region’s top economies.