Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice Weder di Mauro was appointed as the President of CEPR in July 2018. The Centre's President has overall responsibility for CEPR's research programmes, policy outreach, funding and all researcher appointments. She works closely with the Centre's Vice Presidents, Chief Executive Officer, Programme Directors, and CEPR staff to develop new initiatives and sustain existing activities. Beatrice Weder di Mauro is a Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, Visiting Professor at INSEAD and Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society. From 2001 to 2018, she held the Chair of International Macroeconomics at the University of Mainz, Germany, and from 2004 to 2012 she served on the German Council of Economic Experts. Previously was Assistant Professor at the University of Basel and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. She held visiting positions at Harvard University, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the United Nations University in Tokyo. She has served as consultant to governments, international organizations and central banks (European Commission, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, OECD, among others). She has board level experience in leading global firms in finance, technology and Pharma. Currently, is an independent director on the board Bosch and of Unigestion. She is a senior fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research (ABFER), a member the International Advisory Board of Bocconi and a member of the Bellagio Group. Beatrice's research addresses policy related questions in international macroeconomics, financial crises, climate change and growth. She has published widely in leading academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics and Review of Finance. Recent publications have focused on , European integration, debt sustainability, the global financial architecture, the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation.