
Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Dr Claudia Buch has been Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank since 2014. Her remit there covers banking and financial supervision, financial stability, audit and administration. She also serves as the Bundesbank’s deputy at G20 and G7 meetings. Her previous positions include serving as President of the Halle Institute for Economic Research, Professor of Economics at the University of Tübingen, member of the German Council of Economic Experts, and chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.
Year |
Career |
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Education | |
1985 – 1991 | Study of Economics, University of Bonn |
1988 – 1989 | Master of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire |
1991 – 1992 | Advanced Studies Programme in International Economic Policy Research, Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
1992–1996 | Economist, Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
1996 | Ph.D., University of Kiel |
Professional Career | |
1996 – 2003 | Economist, Kiel Institute for the World Economy; Head of Financial Markets Research unit from 2001–2003 |
2002 | Habilitation (post-doctoral degree), University of Kiel |
2004 – 2013 | Professor of International Finance and Macroeconomics at the University of Tübingen |
2005 – 2013 | Scientific Director at the Institute for Applied Economic Research in Tübingen |
2008 – 2012 | Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs |
2011 – 2014 | Member of the European Systemic Risk Board’s Advisory Scientific Committee |
2012 – 2014 | Member of the German Council of Economic Experts |
2013 – 2014 | Professor of Economics, University of Magdeburg |
2013 – 2014 | President of the Halle Institute for Economic Research |
2014 - present | Honorary Professor, University of Magdeburg |
May 2014 - present | Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Remit: Banking and Financial Supervision, Financial Stability, Audit and Administration |
Other functions | |
Person accompanying the Bundesbank President at the ECB Governing Council | |
Bundesbank Deputy at G7 and G20 meetings (since 2016) | |
Member of the Committee on the Global Financial System at the Bank for International Settlements | |
Member of the Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities at the Financial Stability Board | |
Member of the Steering Committee at the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) | |
Member of the Financial Stability Committee | |
Member of the European Central Bank’s Supervisory Board | |
Member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |