Biography

Other current responsibilities

Head, Financial Stability Surveillance Division, Directorate General Financial Stability, ECB, Frankfurt

Chair ESRB Expert Group on Guidance on Setting Countercyclical Capital Buffers

Co-chair ESCB Macroprudential Research Network (MaRs) on Early Warning Systems and Systemic Risk Indicators

Chair of FSC/EBA Impact Study Group on Procyclicality of Capital Requirements Workstream

Chair FSC Expert Group on Survey on Credit Terms and Conditions in Euro denominated Securities Financing and OTC Derivatives Markets

Education

Ph. D. in economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1994

Visiting scholar University of California Berkeley, 1991/92

Masters in economics (equivalent), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1988

Bachelor in economic sciences (equivalent), University of Münster, Germany, 1986

Professional experience

since Sept. 2010 Head of Division, Financial Stability Surveillance, ECB, Frankfurt

1998 - 2010 Directorate General Research, ECB, Frankfurt (2005-2010 Senior Adviser to Director General)

1997-1998 Senior Economist, European Monetary Institute, Frankfurt

1995-1997 Associate Director, Swiss Bank Corporation, Basel

2005-2010 Member of CNB Research Advisory Committee

Awards

CEPR/ESI Prize 2009 for the best Central Bank Research Paper