since 2008 |
Chairman, Federal Government Expert Commission on Financial Market Reform |
| since 2007 | Chairman, Advisory Board of the House of Finance, Frankfurt University |
| since 2006 | President, Center for Financial Studies at the Wolfgang Goethe University (Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität) |
| since 2006 | International Advisor, Goldman Sachs |
| 2006 | Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism |
| 1998 – 2006 | Member of the Executive Board and Chief Economist, European Central Bank |
1990 – 1998 |
Member of the Executive Board and Chief Economist, Central Bank Council of the German Federal Bank (Bundesbank) |
1988 – 1990 |
Member, German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung) |
| 1987 – 1990 | Member, Kronberger Scientific Council (Kronberger Kreis) |
| 1973 – 1990 | Professor of Economics, Würzburg University |
| 1967 – 1973 | Professor of Economics, Erlangen Nürnberg Unviersity |