Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice Weder di Mauro (born 3 August 1965) is a Swiss economist who is currently Professor of economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Research Professor and Distinguished Fellow-in-residence at the Emerging Markets Institute of INSEAD Singapore, and senior fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER). Since 2018, she also serves as President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

From June 2004 to 2012, she was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts. She was the first woman and the first non-German in the council whose responsibility is to advise the German government on economic issues. She has advised both former Chancellors of Germany Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel. She has served on the board of several major corporations, such as UBS, Roche, Tyssen-Krupp, and others. She currently sits on the board of Unigestion and Robert Bosch GmbH.

Life and education Weder di Mauro spent her childhood with her family in Guatemala before returning to Switzerland at the age of sixteen. From 1971 to 1980, she studied in a German school in Guatemala and in 1984 she obtained the high school diploma in Basel. The different standards of living of Switzerland and Guatemala sparked her interest in economics. She later enrolled at the University of Basel, where she studied economics and received a Doctorate in Economics in 1993 and Habilitation in economics in 1999.

Professional history Weder di Mauro joined the International Monetary Fund as an economist in 1994 and the World Bank in Washington DC to work on the team of the World Development Report in 1996. From 1997 to 1998 she was Research Fellow-in-residence at United Nations University in Tokyo and from 1998 to 2001 associate professor of economics at the University of Basel.

From 2002 to 2004, she was a member of the Swiss Federal Commission on Economy in Bern,

Weder di Mauro's ongoing work involves a multitude of topics such as international competitiveness and offshoring, global financial architecture, and financial institution reform. Robert Bosch GmbH, Member of the supervisory board (since 2013) Bombardier Inc., Member of the supervisory board (2016–2021) Bocconi University, Member of the International Advisory Council Brookings Institution, Member of the Committee on International Economic and Policy Research (CIEPR) University of Mainz, Deputy Chairman of the University Council ETH Zurich Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees Bellagio Group, Member (since 2014) World Economic Forum (WEF), Member of the Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Sustainability

Selected publications

Five essays on economic causes of corruption. WWZ-Forum, Basel 2002. Institutional reform in transition economics. International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, 2001. Model, myth or miracle. United Nations University Press, Tokio 1999. Wirtschaft zwischen Anarchie und Rechtsstaat. Rüegger, Chur 1993.