Professor Claudia M. Buch Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Responsibilities

1966
born in Paderborn

1985–1991
Master in Economics, University of Bonn

1988–1989
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire

1991–1992
Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research, Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)

1992–1996
Economist, research group “Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe”, Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)

1996
Awarded PhD by the University of Kiel

1996–1997
Head of research group “Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe”, Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)

1998–2001
Head of research group “Financial Markets”, Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)

2001–2003
Head of research area “Financial Markets”, Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)

2002
Habilitation (German post-doc degree), University of Kiel

2004–2013
Professor of Economics “International Finance and Macroeconomics”, University of Tübingen

2005–2013
Scientific Director, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW) Tübingen

2008–2012
Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Council to the German Ministry of Economics; lifetime member since 2012

2011–2014
Member of the Advisory Scientific Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)

2012–2014
Member of the German Council of Economic Experts

2013–2014
Professor of Economics, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

2013–2014
President Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Since 2014
Honorary professor, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Since May 2014
Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Alternate member to the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank at the ECB Governing Council
Member of the Financial Stability Committee
Member of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Member of the Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities (SCAV) at the Financial Stability Board (FSB)
Member of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC)
Delegate of the Working Party 3 for the Promotion of Better International Payments Equilibrium (WP3), OECD

Since January 2016
G7 and G20 Central Bank Deputy

2016–2019
Chair of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Since May 2018
Deputy in the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Since 2020
Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board’s Advisory Technical Committee (ATC)

Since April 2023