Introduction of the Curators

2013 – 2022 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung

Since 2022    Honorary Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung

Academic studies

Graduated in economics and politics, PhD

Professional positions

1976 - 1980	Aide in the Policy Department of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
1981 - 1982	Aide to the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
1982 - 1987	Speech writer and Head of the Minister's Office at the German Federal Ministry of  Finance
1987 - 1990	Department head in German Federal Ministry of Finance
1990 - 1993	Secretary of State in the German Federal Ministry of Finance
1993 - 1998	President of the German Savings Banks Association
1998 - 2000	President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2000 - 2004	Director of the International Monetary Fund
2004 - 2010	President of the Federal Republic of Germany
2017 - 2019	UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Western Sahara
	Various honorary positions