(In)Security in European Financial Markets
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SprachePolitical upheavals, fragmented international governance, the repercussions of the debt crisis and weak growth in the global economy all exert pressure on the financial system. What are the frameworks needed to provide security in European financial markets?
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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 |
Günther H. OETTINGER
Founder, Oettinger Consulting, Wirtschafts- und Politikberatung GmbH, Hamburg
| Günther H. Oettinger is European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources since January 2017. From November 2014 to December 2016, he held office as European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society after being European Commissioner for Energy from February 2010 to October 2014 and lastly also Vice-President of the European Commission in 2014. From 2005-2010, he was Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and, since 1984, a member of the regional Parliament ("Landtag"). He was the leader of the CDU Landtag group from January 1991 to April 2005. A lawyer by training, Günther H. Oettinger became actively involved in politics during his adolescence. He is a member of the Federal Executive Committee and of the Steering Committee of the CDU Germany. |
PhD Lucrezia REICHLIN
Professor, London Business School, London
| 1994-2005 | Professor, Economics, Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
| 2005-2008 | Director, General Research, European Central Bank, Frankfurt |
| since 2011 | Chairman, Co-Founder, Now-Casting Economics LTD, London |
MSc Nadja HAHN
Journalist, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| Nadja Hahn is a radio journalist at the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, covering national politics for several ORF radio stations. Nadja Hahn has a background as a business journalist for many years and started her career as a finance reporter for Bloomberg News in London. In 2016, Nadja Hahn won the Austrian Radio Award and a special award of the UN at the New York Radio Festivals - both for a radio feature about the volunteers at Vienna's main train station during the refugee crisis 2015. Nadja Hahn studied at the London School of Economics (MSc in Political Economy) and Boston University (BA in International Relations). |
