Current Developments

Among Policymakers who have spoken at the European Economics & Financial Centre:

  • Ms. Loretta Mester, FOMC Member & President, Cleveland Fed – 7 March 2024
  • Mr. Barnabas Virag, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Hungary – 19 February 2024
  • Mr. Tuomas Valimaki, Acting ECB Governing Council Member – 26 January 2024
  • Ms. Irene Espinosa, Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico -16 January 2024
  • Mr. Gabriel Galipolo, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 15 January 2024
  • Mr. Joachim Nagel, ECB Governing Council Member & President, Deutsche Bundesbank – 8 November 2023
  • Mr. Christopher Waller, Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – 18 October 2023
  • Mr. Tomas Holub, Board Member, Czech National Bank – 18 September 2023
  • Ms. Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank – 4 September 2023
  • Mr. Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa – 6 July 2023
  • Mr. Andrew Abir, Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel – 15 May 2023
  • Mr. Roberto Campos Neto, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 19 April 2023
  • Mr. Mario Centeno, ECB Governing Council Member – 7 March 2023
  • Mr. Jonathan Heath, Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico – 15 February 2023
  • Mr. Barnabas Virag, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Hungary – 11 January 2023
  • Ms. Mary Daly, FOMC Member & President, San Francisco Fed – 10 November 2022
  • Mr. Constantinos Herodotou, ECB Governing Council Member – 19 October 2022
  • Mr. James Bullard, FOMC Member & President, St. Louis Fed – 15 July 2022
  • Mr. Edward Scicluna, ECG Governing Council Member – 15 June 2022
  • Ms. Andrea Maechler, Swiss National Bank Governing Board Member – 12 May 2022
  • Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Bank of England – 4 April 2022
  • Mr. Amir Yaron, Governor, Bank of Israel – 28 February 2022
  • Ms. Loretta Mester, FOMC Member & President, Cleveland Fed – 9 February 2022
  • Mr. Jonathan Heath, Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico – 20 January 2022
  • Mr. Martins Kazaks, ECB Governing Council Member  – 26 November 2021
  • Mr. Lars Rohde, Governor, National Bank of Denmark – 23 November 2021
  • Mr. Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada – 2 November 2021
  • Mr. Ales Michl, Board Member, Czech National Bank – 12 October 2021
  • Mr. Stefan Ingves, Governor Riksbank Sweden – 28 September 2021
  • Mr. James Bullard, FOMC Member & President, St. Louis Fed – 30 July 2021
  • Mr. Masazumi Wakatabe, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan – 24 June 2021
  • Mr. Joachin Vial, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Chile – 16 June 2021
  • Dr. Paolo Pesenti, Senior Vice-President, New York Fed – 18 May 2021
  • Mr. Jonathan Heath, Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico – 28 April 2021
  • Mr. Dody Budi Waluyo, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia – 24 March 2021
  • Mr. Mihaly Patai, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Hungary – 4 March 2021
  • Ms. Loretta Mester, FOMC Member & President, Cleveland Fed – 12 January 2021
  • Mr. Luigi Federico Signorini, Deputy Governor, Bank of Italy – 18 November 2020
  • Mr. Javier Guzman Calafell, Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico -4 November 2020
  • Ms. Fernanda Nechio, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 19 October 2020
  • Mr. Juri Rusnok, Governor, Czech National Bank – 29 July 2020
  • Mr. Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada – 21 July 2020
  • Mr. Klaus Regling, European Stability Mechanism – 8 July 2020
  • Ms. Fernanda Nechio, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 8 June 2020
  • Mr. Alejandro Diaz de Leon, Governor, Bank of Mexico – 4 June 2020
  • Mr. James Bullard, President, St. Louis Fed – 21 May 2020
  • Mr. Olli Rehn, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Finland – 14 May 2020
  • Mr. Roberto Campos Neto, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 9 April 2020
  • Mr. Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank – 2 March 2020
  • Mr. James Bullard, President, St. Louis Fed – 16 October 2016
  • Mr. Roberto Campos Neto, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil – 10 September 2019
  • Ms. Loretta Mester, President, Cleveland Fed – 2 July 2019
  • Mr. Jiri Rusnok, Governor, Czech National Bank – 21 May 2019
  • Mr. Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada – 12 September 2018
  • Mr. Olli Rehn, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Finland– 24 May 2018
  • Mr. Lars Rohde, Governor, National Bank of Denmark – 31 October 2017
  • Mr. Jan Smets, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor National Bank of Belgium – 2 October 2017
  • Mr. Luigi Federico Signorini, Deputy Governor, Bank of Italy – 17 July 2017
  • Mr. Patrick Harker, President, Philadelphia Fed – 27 June 2017
  • Mr. Johan Van Overtveldt, Belgian Finance Minister – 2 May 2017
  • Ms. Loretta Mester, President, Cleveland Fed – 1 July 2016
  • Mr. Mar Gudmundsson, Governor, Central Bank of Iceland – 26 May 2016
  • Mr. Andres Escobar, Deputy Minister of Finance, Colombia – 10 May 2016
  • Mr. Manuel Ramos-Francia, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Mexico – 10 May 2016
  • Mr. John Mourmouras, Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece – 28 January 2016
  • Mr. Daniel Mminele, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa – 12 January 2016
  • Mr. Andrej Raczo, Board Member, National Bank of Poland – 26 November 2015
  • Mr. Bostjan Jazbec, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Slovenia – 25 November 2015
  • Mr. Vitas Vasiliauskas, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Lithuania – 23 September 2015
  • Mr. Turalay Kenc, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Turkey – 9 September 2015
  • Mr. Yves Mersch, ECB Executive Board Member – 25 June 2015
  • Mr. Gyorgy Matolcsy, Governor, National Bank of Hungary – 26 March 2015
  • Mr. Ilmars Rimsevics, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Latvia – 19 Jan 2015
  • Mr. Gikas Hardouvelis, Greek Finance Minister – 15 Jan 2015

Among the Past Speakers of Distinguished Speakers Seminars:

  • Ms. Janet Yellen, Chair Federal Reserve Board
  • Mr. Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
  • Mr. Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor Peoples Bank of China
  • Mr. Charles Evans, President Chicago Fed
  • Mr. James Bullard, President St. Louis Fed
  • Mr. Ewald Nowotny, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor National Bank of Austria
  • Mr. Eric Rosengren, President Boston Fed
  • Mr. Erkki Liikanen, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Finland
  • Mr. Christian Noyer, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of France
  • Mr. Narayana Kocherlakota, President, Minneapolis Fed
  • Mr. Antonio Pires de Lima, Minister of Economy of Portugal
  • Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor Reserve Bank of India
  • Mr. Jose Manuel Gonzalez Paramo, ECB Governing Council Member
  • Ms. Gill Marcus, Governor Reserve Bank of South Africa
  • Mr. Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman Federal Reserve Board
  • Mr. Jeffrey Lacker, President, Richmond Fed
  • Mr. Miroslav Singer, Governor, Czech National Bank
  • Mr. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, ECB Governing Council Member
  • Mr. Kevin Warsh, Governor Federal Reserve Board
  • Mr. Charles Plosser, President, Philadelphia Fed
  • Ms. Sandra Pianalto, President, Cleveland Fed
  • Mr. Luc Coene, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor National Bank of Belgium
  • Mr. Gary Stern, President, Minneapolis Fed
  • Mr. William Poole, President, St. Louis Fed
  • Mr. Jurgen Stark, ECB Governing Council Member
  • Mr. Thomas Hoenig, President, Kansas City Fed
  • Mr. Michael Moscow, President, Chicago Fed
  • Ms. Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, ECB Governing Council Member
  • Mr. Roger Ferguson, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
  • Mr. Erdem Basci, Governor, Central Bank of Turkey
  • Mr. Michael Bonello, ECB Governing Council Member and Governor Bank of Malta
  • Mr. Krzysztof Rybinski, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Poland
  • Ms. Christine Cumming, First Vice President, New York Fed
  • Mr. Richard Peach, Director of Research, New York Fed
  • Mr. Ibrahim Turhan, Deputy Governor Central Bank of Turkey
  • Mr. Edward Gramlich, Governor Federal Reserve Board