Hans-Helmut Kotz

Economist

Contact Information

Phone (work): (617) 495-4303 x279; Room: 205
E-Mail (work): kotz@ifk-cfs.de

Biographical Statement

Kotz is a senior fellow at Goethe University's Center for Financial Studies, chairing its Research Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Economics Faculty at Freiburg University, where we received a University Teaching Award in 2010. He is, moreover, a senior advisor to McKinsey and a member of the Senior Advisors Group of Unicredit. Prior to these advisory positions, he served on the board of Deutsche Bundesbank, in charge of Financial Stability, Markets, and Statistics. He was a member of committees of the BIS, the FSB and the OECD, chairing the Financial Markets Committee and served as the Central Bank Deputy for the G20 process. He has published in the Revue d'Economie Financiére, Kredit und Kapital and Intereconomics, among other journals. His research focuses on financial stability and the politics of international rule making.
Hans-Helmut Kotz