Barry Eichengreen
Axel A. Weber is President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt

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1957 Born in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1976 – 1982 Studies leading to undergraduate degree in economics and management, University of Constance
1982 – 1994 Research assistant, Department of Economics, University of Siegen
1987 Dr.rer.pol. in Economics, University of Siegen
1994 Postdoctoral Lecture Degree (Habilitation) in Economics, University of Siegen
1994 – 1998 Professor of Economic Theory, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University, Bonn
1998 – 2001 Professor of Applied Monetary Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt
1998 – 2002 Director, Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt
2001 – 2004 Professor of International Economics, University of Cologne
2002 – 2004 Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
   
Present Positions
2004 – President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, responsible for the Bank´s Communications Department, the Economics Department and the Research Centre;
Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank;
Governor of the International Monetary Fund;
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements
2009 – Member of the steering committee of the Financial Stability Board
   
Selected Research Affiliations and Advisory Contracts
1992 - 1993 Visiting fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
1994 / 1997 Visiting fellow, International Monetary Fund, Research Department, Washington, DC
1996 - 1998 Research Consultant, Österreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Austria


 

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