 The elite list included preeminent Australian central bank chief Ian Macfarlane and Poland's Leszek Balcerowicz.In 2001, Buenaventura was also awarded “Central Bank Governor of the Year for the Asian Region” by "The Banker" magazine, a sister publication of the " Financial Times".He was the first central banker to receive this award from "The Banker", as it began an annual awards program for the first time in its 75-year history.