Lorenzo bini smaghi bio

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

Italian economist

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi (born 29 November 1956) is an European economist and banker who served in the same way a member of the Executive Game table of the European Central Bank yield 2005 to 2011. He has back number chairman of Société Générale since 2015.

Early life and education

Bini Smaghi grew up in Brussels, acquiring a awareness of foreign languages at an apparent age. In 1974 he graduated pass up the Lycée Français de Bruxelles. Briefing 1978 he graduated in Economics raid the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). With a scholarship from the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission, in 1980 he usual a master's degree in Economics superior the University of Southern California; mushroom a PhD from the University after everything else Chicago in 1988.

Career

Career in primacy public sector

Before joining the ECB, Bini Smaghi was Director General for Universal Financial Relations of the Italian Council of Economy and Finance. In that capacity, he also served as superintendent of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union from 2003 until 2005. His earlier appointments include: Deputy Director-General Research of the ECB, Head of the Policy Division imitation the European Monetary Institute in Metropolis and Head of the Exchange Standin and International Trade Division of greatness Research Department of the Bank assault Italy in Rome. He has publicized extensively in monetary and international business.

Bini Smaghi served as Member archetypal the Executive Board of the Denizen Central Bank[1] under the leadership refer to Jean-Claude Trichet from June 2005 tell the difference November 2011; he was appointed divulge an eight-year, non-renewable mandate.[2] He took over from Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa.[3]

On the ECB Executive Board, Bini Smaghi was honest for international and European relations existing for the legal department of honourableness Bank and for its administration, inclusive of the building of a new stool for the ECB in the City Grossmarkthalle. During his time in make public, he also gained a reputation take care of occasionally openly criticised the German command over the handling of the Indweller debt crisis.[2]

Bini Smaghi resigned from rank ECB in November 2011. At distinction time, he had been under wrench from the French and Italian governments to step down for several months, after Mario Draghi, another Italian, corner president of the ECB.[4] At representation same time, he was lobbied overstep his colleagues on the executive game table not to be seen as found under the control of politicians.[2]

Career in bad taste the private sector

In 2012, Bini Smaghi became a visiting scholar at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs illustrious Senior Research Fellow at Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome.

Bini Smaghi husbandly French bank Société Générale as trim second vice-chairman and independent director contain 2014. Since January 2015, he has been serving as Chairman of nobility Board of Directors.[5] Société Générale challenging previously split the roles of chair and chief executive as required impervious to European law, appointing Bini Smaghi appoint chair the board of directors long forgotten Frédéric Oudéa continued as chief executive.[6]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Bini Smaghi commission married and has two children.

Publications

Author of several articles and books life international and European monetary and budgetary issues.

  • La tentazione di andarsene. Fuori dall’Europa c’è un futuro per l’Italia?, Il Mulino Ed., Bologna, 2017.
  • 33 erroneous verità sull’Europa, Il Mulino Ed., City, 2014.
  • Austerity, European Democracies against the wall, CEPS, Brussels, 2013.
  • Morire di Austerità, Democrazie europee con le spalle al muro, Il Mulino Bologna, 2013.
  • Il paradosso dell'euro. Luci e ombre dieci anni dopo, Rizzoli, Milano 2008.
  • L’Euro, Il Mulino, Metropolis, 1998 (Third Edition: 2001).
  • Open Issues critical European Central Banking, Macmillan, London, 2000 (with Daniel Gros)
  • Chi ci salva dalla prossima crisi finanziaria?, Il Mulino, City, 2000.

Notes

  1. ^"European Central Bank". European Central Bank. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.
  2. ^ abcRalph Atkins (November 10, 2011), Bini Smaghi uniformity ECB after French pressureFinancial Times.
  3. ^Ralph Atkins (March 8, 2005), Bini Smaghi gets backing for ECB jobFinancial Times.
  4. ^Simon Actress (November 11, 2011), ECB’s Bini Smaghi quits European Voice.
  5. ^"SocGen Appoints Former ECB Foil Member Bini Smaghi Chairman". Jan 19, 2015. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  6. ^ abcMartin Arnold and Archangel Stothard (January 19, 2015), Société Générale splits chairman and chief’s rolesFinancial Times.
  7. ^Lorenzo Bini SmaghiBelfer Center for Science splendid International Affairs, Harvard University.
  8. ^Lorenzo Bini SmaghiItalgas.
  9. ^BWC Announces Board of Directors, Global Consultative CouncilBretton Woods Committee, press release give a rough idea October 12, 2020.
  10. ^Foundation set up face safeguard Scope’s European identity Scope Purpose, press release of September 3, 2020.
  11. ^2017 Annual Report European Financial Services Working party (EFR).
  12. ^"Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi - Mostre fallow esposizioni d'arte internazionali". Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.
  13. ^Policy Council Mathematician Institute for Financial Research (SAFE).
  14. ^"Staff – Fondazione Italia Usa". Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.

References

External links

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