Member of the ECB's Executive Board
Jörg Asmussen
Date of birth: 31 October 1966
Place of birth: Flensburg,
Germany
Education
- 1992
- Master in Business Administration, Bocconi University of Milan (Italy)
- 1994
- Diploma degree in Economics, University of Bonn (Germany)
Professional career
- 1994-1996
- Project Manager in the field of European economic, social and labour market policy at the sociological research centre Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik GmbH, Cologne
- 1996-1998
- Desk Officer in the division responsible for international economic and monetary development, the International Monetary Fund and economic summits at the German Federal Ministry of Finance
- 1998-1999
- Private Secretary to the State Secretary responsible for European policy, monetary and credit issues, and international financial and monetary policy at the German Federal Ministry of Finance
- 1999-2002
- Head of the Minister’s office and Private Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Finance
- 2002-2003
- Head of the directorate responsible for core issues of European policy and general financial issues relating to European policies at the German Federal Ministry of Finance
- 2003-2008
- Director General for financial market policy at the German Federal Ministry of Finance
- 2008-2011
- State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, responsible for the Directorates Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Affairs, Financial Market Policy and European Policy
- Since January 2012
- Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
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Other posts
- Member of the EU Economic and Financial Committee and the Eurogroup Working Group (2008-2011)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the European Financial Stability Facility (2010-2011)
- Germany’s G7 and G20 Finance Deputy (2008-2011)
- Member of the Financial Stability Board (2008-2011)
- Alternate Governor at the World Bank (2008-2011)
- Alternate Governor at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2008-2011)
- Chairman of the General Council of Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (2008-2011)
- Chairman of the Interministerial Steering Committee of Germany’s Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation (2008-2011)
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG (2008-2011)
- Member of the Supervisory Board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (2008-2011)
- Germany’s acting G20 Sherpa (2011)
- Chair of the G20 Working Group on the International Monetary System (2011)
- World Economic Forum: Member of the Steering Board for the project on the future of the International Monetary System (since 2011)
- Member of the Group of Trustees of the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring (since 2011)
Publications
Author of a number of articles on international and European monetary and financial issues
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