Functions:
- 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
Fields of interest:
- Financial stability surveillance, Early warning systems, Monetary policy and financial stability; International economics, Monetary policy and fiscal regimes
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
