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Prof. Dr. Klaus Gretschmann ... CURRICUCUM VITAE

Prof. Dr. Gretschmann

CURRICULUM VITAE

PROF. DR. KLAUS GRETSCHMANN

Former Director General
General Secretariat of Council of the EU

Competitiveness - Innovation and Research - Industry and Information Society - Internal Market,
Competition and Customs - Transport - Energy


DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:

1949, Nürnberg, Germany

Education

Studies of Economics at Universities of Cologne, Vienna, Rome
Doctoral degree in Economics, Summa cum laude, University of Cologne (D), 1980

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Director General responsible for Economics and Finance and Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for the G8 preparation of World Economic Summits, Federal Chancellery of Germany,
Berlin & Chancellor's Sherpa for the preparation of the European Councils of Berlin, Köln, Helsinki, Lisbon, Feira and Nice (1998 - 2001).

Tenured Professor of Public Finance and General Economics at the University
of Technology (RWTH) and Director of the Public Economics Department, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) (D) (1993 - 1998).

Professor of International Economics and Head of Department,
European Institute of Public Adminstration (1989 - 1994), Maastricht, (NL)

Guest Appointments (one year and longer):
European University Institute, Florence, (I) (1985/86)
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, (D) (1987)
Johns Hopkins University and Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., (USA) (1988/89).


ADVISORY

Former advisor to EU, OECD and IMF, to the Austrian National Bank and to
Suomen Pankki (Finnish Central Bank) on matters of European integration, economics and EMU.


SPECIALIZATION

European Economics and Public Finance, Monetary Union, European Integration, Governance and
Government, Economics of Globalization, Public Sector Reform, G7 and G8.


PUBLICATIONS

7 books, over 80 academic articles (published in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese).

Selected titles inovolve:


LANGUAGE SKILLS

German (native), English (working language for 15 years), French (proficient), Spanish, Italian (intermediate)


AWARDS

"Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur" (awarded in 2000)
"Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse" (awarded in 2008)

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