Central Bank's Sharon Donnery tipped to be in running for senior job at ECB

Chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board is the eurozone’s most senior banking regulator, directly overseeing the bloc’s major banks

Sharon Donnery is a deputy governor at the Central Bank.

Three of Europe’s highest profile female central bankers are emerging as strong candidates for the race to succeed Andrea Enria as the eurozone's top bank watchdog, potentially bringing a woman to the job for the second time.

Likely names on a shortlist due later this year include Bundesbank vice-president Claudia Buch, Bank of Spain deputy governor Margarita Delgado and Sharon Donnery, a deputy governor at the Central Bank of Ireland, according to central bank officials.