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The eurozone: preventing and curing crises

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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
Member, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, European Parliament, Brussels
Chairman of the Management Board, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna
Governor, Hungarian Central Bank, Budapest
Chairman, Eurogroup Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Brussels
Managing Editor, Der Standard, Vienna Chair

Sven GIEGOLD

Member, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, European Parliament, Brussels

 Studium der Politik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Lüneburg, Bremen, Birmingham und Paris, M. Soc. Sc.
 Aufbau des Ökologischen Zentrums Verden
 Mitbegründer, Attac Deutschland
 Mitbegründer und Vorstand, ISM - Institut Solidarische Moderne
seit 2008 Mitglied, Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen
2009 Wahl zum Europaabgeordneten

Mag. Dr. Walter ROTHENSTEINER

Chairman of the Management Board, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna

 Doctorate from the Vienna University of Economics and Business
1975-1990 resigned as Member of the Board of Management, Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederoesterreich-Wien
1987-1995 Member of the Board of Management, Leipnik-Lundenburger Industrie Aktiengesellschaft
1991-1994 Member of the Board of Management, AGRANA-Beteiligungs-AG (sugar and starch industry)
1992-1994 Deputy Chairman
 January - May 1995 Deputy Chairman, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG
 since June 1995 Chairman of the Board of Management; Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG

András SIMOR

Governor, Hungarian Central Bank, Budapest

1976-1989 Assistant, Manager, Senior Manager International Department, National Bank of Hungary, Budapest (1979-1985: London)
1989-1997 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Creditanstalt Securities Rt., Budapest
1997-1998 Chairman of the Managing Board, CA IB Investmentbank A.G., Vienna
1998-2002 Chairman of the Board (non executive), Budapest Stock Exchange
1999-2007 Chairman and Office Managing Partner, Member of the BoD, Deloitte Hungary, Budapest
since 2007 Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (the central bank of Hungary), Budapest

Mag. Thomas WIESER

Chairman, Eurogroup Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Brussels

1979 Magister in Economics, University of Innsbruck
1980-1981 Fulbright Scholarship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1981-1982 Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
1982-1984 Internationale Bank für Außenhandel
1984-1985 Research Project on Industrial Policy
1985-1989 Economist, EFTA, Geneva
1989-2012 Ministry of Finance; last position held: Director General for Economics Policy and Financial Markets
since 2012 Euro Working Group, Brussels

MPA. Dr. Eric FREY

Managing Editor, Der Standard, Vienna

1981 Student of Public Affairs, Princeton University
1991-1996 Deputy Foreign Editor, Der Standard
1996-1998 Foreign Editor, Der Standard
1998-2001 Business Editor, Der Standard
2001-2002 Marshall Plan Chair for Austrian Studies, University of New Orleans
since 2002 Managing Editor, Der Standard