Claudia Buch
Chair of the Supervisory Board
- Education
- 2002
Habilitation, University of Kiel
- 1996
PhD in Economics, University of Kiel
- 1991-1992
Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- 1985-1991
Studies in Economics, University of Bonn, Diplom (equivalent to Master) in 1991
- 1989
Master of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
- Career
- Since January 2024
Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)
- May 2014-2023
Vice-President, Deutsche Bundesbank,
responsible for the Directorates General Banking and Financial Supervision (April-December 2023), Financial Stability, Audit, Administration (2023) and Statistics (until April 2023) - 2013-2014
President, Halle Institute for Economic Research
- 2013-2014
Professor of Economics, University of Magdeburg
- 2005-2013
Scientific Director, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Tübingen
- 2004-2013
Professor of Economics, University of Tübingen
- 1998-2003
Head of research group “Financial Markets”, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- 1996-1997
Head of research group “Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe”, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- 1992-1996
Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- Selected professional activities
- Since January 2024
Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Since April 2023
Supervisory Board, ECB
- 2023
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, BIS
- May 2014-2023
Alternate, Governing Council, ECB (until September 2023)
German Financial Stability Committee (Ausschuss für Finanzstabilität, AFS)
Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the EU
Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities, Financial Stability Board (FSB)
- Chair, Analytical Group on Vulnerabilities (AGV) (2023)
- Chair, Working Group “Climate, Vulnerabilities and Data” (2022-2023)
- Chair, Working Group “Too-Big-To-Fail Evaluation” (2019-2020)Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS), BIS
- Co-Chair, CGFS working group “Structural changes in banking after the crisis” (2016-2018)Working Party 3 for the Promotion of Better International Payments Equilibrium, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- 2016-2023
Central bank deputy, G7 and G20
- 2020-2023
Vice-Chair, Advisory Technical Committee, European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- 2020-2021
Chair, Working Group “Financial stability implications of measures to protect the real economy from the COVID-19 pandemic”, ESRB
- 2018-2023
Deputy, International Monetary and Financial Committee, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- 2016-2019
Chair, Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics, BIS
- 2012-2023
Co-director, International Banking Research Network (IBRN)
- 2012 - April 2014
German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung)
- 2011-2014
Advisory Scientific Committee, ESRB
- Since 2004
Academic Advisory Board, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (lifetime membership, currently dormant), Chair (2008-2012)
- 2018-2023