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Governor as per 1 February 2011.
Age
Born 9 November 1958
Family
Married, two children (1985, 1992)
Theoretical background
MSc in economics, University of Copenhagen 1984
Previous positions
- Head of section and part-time student, Federation of Danish Industries 1979-86
- Special consultant and head of section, Ministry of Finance 1986-91
- Visiting fellow, ESRC Modelling Bureau, University of Warwick 1991
- Head of division, Ministry of Finance 1991-93
- Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance 1993-2010
Macroeconomic policies 1993-2003
International economic policies 2003-2009
- Executive director, IMF 2010-2011
Board of memberships
- Economic Policy Committee (EPC), EU, 1993-03. Vice-president and chairman of working-group "Country-examinations" 1999-2002. Chairman of Labour Market Working Group 2002-03.
- EPC, Working Party no. 1, OECD, 1993-2003, vice-president 1999-2003.
- Economic Policy Committee (EPC), OECD 1996-2009.
- Economic and Finance Committee (EFC), EU, member 2003-09. Alternates of the EFC, EU, President 2005-09. EFC High Level ad hoc Group on Financial Stability Arrangements, Chairman 2006-08. EFC Working group on pro-cyclicality 2009.
- Nordic Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee 2003-09.
- EFC-EPC Joint working group on Climate Financing, Chairman 2009.
Other
- Assistant lecturer, University of Copenhagen 1984-88
- External associate professor, University of Copenhagen 1988-93
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