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Director General (Financial Stability) of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Dr Benjamin Weigert has been Director General for Financial Stability at the Deutsche Bundesbank, and a member of the Financial Stability Committee, since August 2016. He has also worked at Deloitte & Touche and served as Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts. He graduated from the Technical University of Dresden in 2002 with a degree in Economics and received his Ph.D. from the University of Konstanz in 2007.
Year | Career | |
|---|---|---|
Education | ||
| 1997 – 2002 | Study of Economics at the Technical University of Dresden with a focus on International Economics, Managerial Economics and Econometrics | |
| 2002 – 2007 | Ph.D. in International Economics from the doctoral programme “Quantitative Economics and Finance” at the University of Konstanz Research Assistant for the Chair of Economic Theory at the University of Konstanz (2002–2004) and for the Chair of International Economics at the University of Giessen (2004–2007) | |
Professional Career | ||
| 2007 – 2009 | Deloitte & Touche | |
| 2009 – 2011 | German Council of Economic Experts | |
| 2011 – 2015 | Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts | |
| 2015 – 2016 | Directorate-General for Financial Stability at the Deutsche Bundesbank | |
| August 2016 – present | Director General for Financial Stability at the Deutsche Bundesbank | |
Other functions | ||
| Member of the Financial Stability Committee | ||