Bruegel appoints new Board

In a General Assembly of the Brussels-based economics think tank Bruegel on February 24th, members approved a new Board. Jean-Claude Trichet was again elected Chairman by the new Board members. The new board, which will serve from March 2014 to February 2017, is:

• Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank
• Carlos Egea, Chief Trading Desk Strategist – Morgan Stanley
• Anna Ekström, Director General, National Agency for Education, Sweden
• Iñigo Fernandez de Mesa, Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
• Wolfgang Franz, Former Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts, former Professor, University of Mannheim
• Jerzy Hausner, Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Public Economy and Administration at Cracow University of Economics
• Wolfgang Kopf, Senior Vice-President for Public and Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Vincenzo La Via, Director General of Department of Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
• Rachel Lomax, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
• Andreas Penk, Head Pfizer Oncology Europe, Chairman of the Board of Pfizer Germany
• J.A. (Hans) Vijlbrief, Treasurer-General, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands, Chairman of the Economic-Policy Committee (EPC) of the EU

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