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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.
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Year |
Career |
|---|---|
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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 |
| 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 | |