Breakfast Club 02: Low interest and growth rates revisited: learning from Japan
Supported by UniCredit Bank Austria
Europe is faced with a long phase of low interest rates, a shrinking population and no outlook on picking up growth. Japan has been successful in dealing with the exact same situation. How have market participants adapted themselves in Japan? What are the potential lessons for European players?
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Dr. Ewald NOWOTNY
Governor, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
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 |
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 |
Political activities | |
1978-1999 | Member, Austrian Parliament |
1980-1987 | Deputy Chairman, Scientific Committee |
1985-1999 | Chairman, Finance Committee |
Alvaro Santos PEREIRA
Director, Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
2010-2011 | Associate Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby |
2011-2013 | Minister of the Economy and Employment, Government of Portugal |
2013-2014 | Associate Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby |
since 2014 | Director, Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
Robert ZADRAZIL
Chief Executive Officer, UniCredit Bank Austria AG; President, Austrian Bankers' Association, Vienna
1993 | Founder, Enterprise specialising in project management, IT and organisation |
2001 | Deputy Head, Department, Retail Banking Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2001-2003 | Head, Department, Retail Banking Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2003 | Head, Department, Overall Bank Organisation, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2004 | Head, Division, Organisation / IT Management, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2005 | Head, Division, Organisation/ IT Management (Austria and CEE), Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2006-2007 | Member, Management Board, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG; Chief Operating Officer, Global Banking Services, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2007-2009 | Head, GBS CEE, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
2008-2009 | Member, Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
2009-2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Schoellerbank AG |
2011-2016 | Member, Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Private Banking, Vienna |
since 2016 | Chief Executive Officer, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
Savas Deniz ENBILIMLI
Consultant, Financial Services Consulting, PwC Austria, Vienna
2010-2012 | Vocational Training Banker, Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG |
2012 | Relationship Manager Business Banking, Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG |
2012-2013 | Study Business Administration, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna* |
since 2013 | Study Philosophy, University of Vienna |
2014-2015 | Team Assistant, Assurance, PwC Österreich GmbH |
since 2015 | Consultant, Financial Services Consulting, PwC Österreich GmbH |