Andréa Maechler
Andréa M. Maechler (* 1969 in Geneva ) is a Swiss economist .
Career
After completing school in western Switzerland, Maechler studied at the University of Toronto , at the Institut de hautes études internationales in Geneva, at the Institut de hautes études en administration publique in Lausanne and at the University of California, Santa Cruz , where she earned her doctorate in international economics in 2000.
Her professional positions include the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Maechler was deputy head of the secretariat in the European Systemic Risk Committee in Frankfurt from 2013 to 2014. Andréa Maechler was Deputy Head of Global Markets Analysis at the International Monetary Fund in Washington. The tasks of this division include monitoring the capital markets and assessing systemic risks.
On December 17, 2014, Maechler was elected by the Federal Council as the first woman to join the board of directors of the Swiss National Bank (SNB). She succeeded Jean-Pierre Danthine on July 1, 2015 for the term of office July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2021 . She took over the 3rd department on the board of directors of the National Bank, the majority of which is based in Zurich. This department of the SNB covers the financial markets and foreign exchange trading, the operational banking business and IT.
She is the author of several specialist publications.
Andréa Maechler is married and has two children.
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- For the first time, a woman is joining the SNB Board of Directors , Handelszeitung , December 17, 2014
- Swiss National Bank: First woman in the SNB leadership , NZZ , December 17, 2014
- Swiss Name First Woman to Central Bank's Governing Board: Andréa Maechler Will Join Board of the 107-Year-Old SNB for Six-Year Term From IMF WSJ , December 17, 2014
- SNB Gets First Female Board Member as IMF's Maechler Appointed , Bloomberg, December 17, 2014
Web links
- Andréa M. Maechler on the website of the Swiss National Bank
- Andrea Maechler | iMFdirect - The IMF Blog
- Andrea M. Maechler at ResearchGate
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maechler, Andréa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maechler, Andréa M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |