Otmar Issing
Former member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Otmar Issing is (inter alia) Chairman of the Advisory Board of the House of Finance, Frankfurt University (2007), President of the Center for Financial Studies (2006), International Advisor to Goldman Sachs Int. (2006) and member of the Advisory Board of Globalisation and Monetary Policy Institute at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
As a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from June 1998 to May 2006 Professor Issing was responsible for the Directorates General Economics and Research. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of the Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank with a seat in the Central Bank Council. From 1988 to 1990 he was a member of the
Council of Experts in Germany for the Assessment of Overall Economic
Developments.
Otmar Issing is Honorary Professor at University of Frankfurt (2007) and University of Würzburg (1991). He held Chairs of Economics at the Universities of Würzburg (1973-1990) and Erlangen-Nuremberg (1967-1973).
In addition to many distinctions Professor Issing received the Große Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (order of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 2006. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Frankfurt (1999), Konstanz (1998), and Bayreuth (1996).
Otmar Issing is an active member of Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur (Academy of Sciences and Literature), Mainz, and of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea (European Academy of Sciences and Arts).
Besides publishing numerous articles in scientific journals and periodicals, he is the author of, inter alia, two textbooks, namely "Einführung in die Geldtheorie" (Introduction to monetary theory), fourteenth edition, 2006, and "Einführung in die Geldpolitik" (Introduction to monetary policy), sixth edition, 1996.
His recent publication is "Der Euro -- Geburt - Erfolg - Zukunft" (The Euro -- Birth - Success - Future), 2008.
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