31 May 1966
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany; married with two children
 
1985 – 1991
Degree in economics at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
 
1991 – 1994
Economic and fiscal policy expert for the Executive Committee of the German Social Democratic Party in Bonn
 
1994 – 1994
Economic and fiscal policy expert for the Executive Committee of the German Social Democratic Party in Bonn
 
1994 – 1998
Researcher at the University of Karlsruhe’s Institute of Economic Policy and Research
 
1997
Awarded a PhD by the University of Karlsruhe’s Department of Economics and Management
 
1998 – 1998
Research scholarship in Washington, DC as part of an SEW-Eurodrive Foundation research project on the growth and structure of public finances
 
1998 – 1999
Research assistant at the University of Karlsruhe’s Institute of Economic Policy and Research
 
1999 – 2003
Head of the President’s Office at the Land Central Bank of Bremen, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office) in Hanover
 
2003
Expert on “Policy issues relating to liquidity management, standing facilities and minimum reserves, monetary policy aspects of payment operations” in the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Directorate General Markets in Frankfurt am Main
 
2003 – 2004
Head of the Market Analyses and Reporting Section of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Directorate General Markets
 
2004 – 2008
Head of the Market Analysis and Portfolios Division in the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Directorate General Markets
 
2008 – 2010
Director General Markets, Deutsche Bundesbank
 
2008 – 2016
Head of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s financial crisis management team
 
2010 – 2016
Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, responsible for the areas of Markets and Information Technology, Banking Supervision (2014) and Controlling, Accounting and Organisation (2015-16)
 
2016 – 2017
General Manager, KfW Group
 
2017 – 2020
Member of the Executive Board of KfW Group Responsible for KfW Development Bank and KfW subsidiary DEG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KfW IPEX-Bank
 
Since 2018
Honorary professor at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
 
2018 – 2020
Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG
 
2020 – 2021
Deputy Head of Banking Department at the Bank for International Settlements
 
Since January 2022
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
• Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
• German Governor at the International Monetary Fund
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements
• Member of the Plenary and of the Steering Committee of the Financial Stability Board
• Member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board
 
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