| Wolfgang Munchau is associate editor and European economic columnist of the Financial Times. Together with his wife, the economist Susanne Mundschenk, he runs eurointelligence.com, an internet service that provides daily comment and analysis of the euro area, targeted at investors, academics and policy makers. |
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| Wolfgang was one of the founding members of Financial Times Deutschland, the German language business daily, where he served as deputy editor from 1999 until 2001, and as editor-in-chief from 2001 until 2003. FT Deutschland is now a firmly established player in the German media market with a daily circulation of more than 100,000 copies sold. |
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| Previous appointments include correspondent posts for the Financial Times and the Times of London in Washington, Brussels and Frankfurt. He was awarded the Wincott Young Financial Journalist of the Year award in 1989. He holds the degrees of Dipl-Betriebswirt (Reutlingen), Dipl-Mathematiker (Hagen), and MA in International Journalism (City University, London). |
| Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre |
| Promotion, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität |
1968-1971 | Mitarbeiter, Institut für Kapitalmarktforschung in Frankfurt/Main |
| Verschiedene Funktionen, u. a. Leitung der Abteilungen Konjunktur sowie Ressourcenökonomik, Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft |
1987 | Deutsche Bank Gruppe |
1990-2009 | Chefvolkswirt, Deutsche Bank Gruppe |
| Geschäftsführer, Deutsche Bank Research |
seit 2010 | Walter & Töchter Consult |
1967 | Doctorate in Law, University of Vienna |
1968-1973 | Assistant to Kurt W. Rothschild, Institute for General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
1972-1973 | ACSL Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge |
1973 | Tenure-track professorship, General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| Call to TH Darmstadt, Chair in Public Economics |
1974-1981 | Full Professor and Head, Institute of Finance, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
1981-2008 | Full Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business (successor to Stephan Koren), partly on leave, Vienna |
2003-2005 | Vice Rector, Financial Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
2008 | Honorary doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences, Alpen-Adria-University, Klagenfurt |
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| Business activities |
1971-1979 | Member and later President, Governing Board of PSK - Österreichische Postsparkasse, Expert on cartel matters, Cartel Court of the Superior Land Court, Vienna |
1999-2003 | Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg |
2006-2007 | Chief Executive Officer, BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Österreichische Postsparkasse Aktiengesellschaft |
since 2008 | Governor, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Political activities |
1978-1999 | Member, Austrian Parliament |
1980-1987 | Deputy Chairman, Scientific Committee |
1985-1999 | Chairman, Finance Committee |
1978-1980 | Economist, International Monetary Fund |
1980 | Ph.D. in Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
1980-1987 | Professor of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
1988-1999 | Chief Economist, Générale de Banque and Fortis Bank |
1999-2000 | Chief of cabinet, Belgian Minister of Finance |
2001-2004 | Chair of Business Ethics, Faculté polytechnique, Solvay Business School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles |
2000 | Executive Director, responsible for financial stability, National Bank of Belgium |
2002 | Management Committee, responsible for prudential policy for banking and insurance, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA), Belgian Banking |
| currently teaching Money and Banking, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
since 2011 | Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank |
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| Mr. Praet serves on several high-level international committees, including the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, the Committee on the Global Financial System, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors, and the Banking Supervision Committee of the ESCB as Chair. He is an alternate director of the Committee of G10 Governors and the International Monetary and Financial Committee. He is also co-chair of the Research Task Force of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. |
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 |
seit 1983 | Neben dem Studium freier Mitarbeiter APA, Wirtschaftsredaktion |
1985 | Innenpolitischer Redakteur, Wochenpresse |
1988 | Innenpolitischer Redakteur, profil |
seit 1992 | Ressortleiter Innenpolitik, profil |
1998 | Gründungsmitglied und Ressortleiter Politik, Chronik und Gesellschaft, stellvertretender Chefredakteur, FORMAT |
2002 | Chefredakteur, FORMAT |
2006 | Chefredakteur, News |
2008 | Chefredaktion, FORMAT |
2012 | Chefredakteur, FORMAT und trend |