Put to the Test: Europe and the Financial Crisis
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Dr. Kurt BAYER
Former Board Director, EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Member of the Supervisory Board, OeEB - Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (Development Bank of Austria), Vienna
| Studies in Law, Graz; International Relations, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center; Economics, University of Maryland | |
| 1971-1995 | Researcher and Board Member, Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
| 1995-2008 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Ministry of Finance |
| 2002-2004 | Board Director, World Bank |
| 2008-2012 | Board Director, EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
John HEGARTY
Head, Centre for Financial Reporting Reform, The World Bank, Vienna
| John Hegarty is the Head of the World Bank Office in Vienna, Austria and of the Bank's Centre for Financial Reporting Reform. He leads the Bank's activities and partnerships in the area of corporate sector accounting and auditing, and contributes to other Bank work on corporate governance, market regulation and the liberalization of international trade in professional services. He represents the World Bank on the Monitoring Group (Basel Committee, IOSCO, IAIS, FSF, European Commission, and the World Bank). He serves on the Consultative Advisory Groups to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), and is the World Bank observer at the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). He is also a member of the Advisory Group to the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Initiative. | |
| John took up his current appointment in August 2007. Previously, he had been the Manager, Financial Management for the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia Region, based in Washington DC, and was responsible for fiduciary controls over Bank lending and for fostering the development of financial management capacity in the public and the private sectors. | |
| Prior to joining the World Bank in August 1999, John Hegarty had been - since January 1987 - Secretary General of the Federation des Experts Comptables Europeens (FEE), the representative organisation for the accountancy profession in Europe. He served on the Boards of the European Policy Centre (Brussels) and the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels). | |
| Born in Sligo, Ireland in 1958, John Hegarty was educated at Newbridge College and University College, Dublin, where he studied business administration. On graduation he joined the Dublin office of Arthur Andersen, and became a manager in the audit division. In 1981 he qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, and in 1992 was admitted as a Fellow of that Institute. In 1984, he was appointed Technical Director of the Union Europeenne des Experts Comptables, Economiques et Financiers (UEC), based in Munich, Germany, which at the time was one of two organisations representing the accountancy profession in Europe. When, with effect from January 1, 1987, UEC merged with the other organisation the Groupe d Etudes des Experts Comptables de la CEE to form FEE, John Hegarty moved to Brussels, Belgium to become first Secretary General of the new body. |
Mag. Andreas ITTNER
Vice-Governor, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
| Since 1983 Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna | |
| 11 years Director of the Financial Stability and Bank Inspections Department | |
| 10 years Head of the Secretariat for the President | |
| 2008-2013 | Member of the Governing Board, responsible for Financial Stability, Banking Supervision and Statistics, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
| Since 2013 Vice-Governor, responsible for Financial Stability, Banking Supervision and Statistics, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
Mag. Dr. Simon QUIJANO-EVANS
Head, CEE Economics & Strategy, Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, Vienna
| 1995 | Magister in Economics, University of Vienna |
| 2000 | Doctorate in Economics, University of Vienna |
| 1995-1998 | Industrial Officer/Advisor, Thai Ministry of Industry (Rep. Office in Vienna) |
| 1999-2000 | Economist, Natural Disasters Project, IIASA |
| 2000-2008 | Director, EEMEA Econ. & FI/FX Research, UniCredit |
| since 2008 | Head, CEE Economics & Strategy, Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, Vienna |
Dr. Sebastian SCHICH
Principal Economist, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
| Sebastian Schich is currently a Principal Economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), working in the Financial Affairs Division of the Directorate of Corporate and Financial Affairs. He serves the OECD s Financial Markets Committee and its Insurance and Private Pensions Committee, and represents the organisation in various forums outside the OECD such as the Vulnerabilities Group of the Financial Stability Forum (FSF). Sebastian Schich is also involved in the so-called enhanced engagement process of the OECD with non-member countries, and in this context has worked on the financial systems in China and India. | |
| Previously, he worked in the Economics Department of the OECD, the Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Bank. While preparing his PhD in Economics within the European Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics (completed at the London School of Economics), he worked for the United Nations. | |
| Sebastian Schich has published articles in the areas of international capital mobility, monetary policy indicators, monetary integration, and the linkages between finance and growth in refereed academic journals, including the Review of Economic Statistics and Journal of International Money and Finance. |
Dr. Alexandra FÖDERL-SCHMID
Correspondent, Israel and Palestine Territories, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tel Aviv
| Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, born in 1971, has been with the Süddeutsche Zeitung since September 2017 and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Before that, she was editor-in-chief for ten years and later co-editor of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard and the news portal derStandard.at. She has studied journalism, political science and history and earned her doctorate on the dual broadcasting system in Germany. Furthermore, she was 2005 Reuters/APA-Geiringer-Fellow in Oxford. She was awarded with the Austrian Kurt-Vorhofer-Prize for politcal journalism, the Constitutional Award and the Ari-Rath-Prize. In addition, she was instrumental in the reestablishment of the Press Council in Austria. |
