| Teklewold Atnafu | |
| Office: | Governor of National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) |
| Termstart: | 2000s |
| Termend: | 18 June 2018 |
| Office1: | Board chairperson of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) |
| Termstart1: | 6 February 2020 |
| Office2: | Financial Affairs Advisor of Prime minister |
| Termstart2: | 2020 |
| Native Name: | ተክለወልድ አጥናፉ |
| Birth Date: | 26 October 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Areka, Ethiopian Empire |
| Nationality: |  Ethiopian |
| Alma Mater: | Addis Ababa University |
| Successor: | Yinager Dessie (PhD) |
| Predecessor1: | Fitsum Assefa |
Teklewold Atnafu (; born on 26 October 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who governed National Bank of Ethiopia for nearly two decades.[1] [2] Teklewold is serving as a board member for the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia since 2020.[3]
Teklewold was born in Areka, Wolayita, Ethiopia. He completed his primary and secondary school in his hometown and Sodo respectively. He attended Addis Abeba University and studied his first and second degree in Statistics.[4]
Teklewold governed the National Bank of Ethiopia since 2000s to 18 June 2018.[5] He was assigned to head the central bank after serving as a vice governor for a year. He completed his studies in statistics at Addis Abeba University. He did his post-graduate dissertation on building a model for econometric measures of demand and supply of money in Ethiopia. Aby Ahmed appointed him as a chairperson of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's Board of Management since February 2020 succeeding Fitsum Assefa, the commissioner of the National Planning & Development Commission. He is also a financial affairs sector advisor of the Prime minister.[6]
Since February 12, 2024, Teklewold Atnafu assumed chairmanship of the Board of Management of Development Bank of Ethiopia, another state-owned company with a robust capital base of 39.7 billion Br, second only to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), succeeding Tegegnework Getu (PHD), an alumnus of Addis Abeba and Colombia universities, previously served as Undersecretary General of United Nations General Assembly and administrator of the UNDP.[7] [8]