Biography

Other current responsibilities

2019-

Member of Advisory Board of Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics

2017-

Member of Research Advisory Council of SAFE

2016-

Chair of Steering Committee of Euro Area Business Cycle Network

2016-

Co-Editor, International Journal of Central Banking

2015-

Board member of TalentNomics

2015-

Member of Scientific Advisory Council of Bundesbank Research Data and Service Center

2015-

Chair of Research Coordination Committee

2013-

Associate Editor, Journal of International Money and Finance

2013-

Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation

2012-

Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking

2009-

Professor of Finance, Tilburg University

2009-

Research Fellow, CEPR, London

Education

1999-2001

PhD, Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998-1999

MPhil (no degree), London School of Economics

1996-1997

Masters in International Finance, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1992-1996

MSc Econometrics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Professional experience

2015-

Director General - Directorate General Research, European Central Bank

2006-2015

Lead Economist/Deputy Division Chief - Research Department, International Monetary Fund

2001-2006

(Senior) Financial Economist - Financial Sector Department, The World Bank

1997-1998

Investment Analyst - Asset Management, ABN Amro Bank, Amsterdam/London

Awards

2014

NYU-Fordham-RPI Rising Star in Finance Award

1998

Full-tuition University Fellowship, London School of Economics

1997

Full-tuition University Fellowship, University of Amsterdam

Teaching experience

2008

Bank Regulation (Executive Education), Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2007

Banking, Regulation and Financial Crises (PhD level) - Columbia University, New York, USA

2004

Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance (PhD level), Tilburg University