Guy Quaden
 Guy Quaden       (central banker, economist) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 August 1945 Liège, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Liege, Sorbonne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Belgian central banker sitting on many boards
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Guy, Baron Quaden is a Belgian economist. He was Governor of the National Bank of Belgium 2003–11, and as such a member of the Governing and General Councils of the European Central Bank. Since 2003 he has been the President of the King Baudouin Foundation.
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Education
He graduated as a Licentiate in economic sciences from the Université de Liège (Liège, Belgium) in 1967. In 1972, he graduated at the Ecole pratique des hautes études of the Sorbonne (Paris, France), in economic and social sciences. He obtained a PhD in fashion-economics at the Université de Liège in February 1973.
Career
He started his academic career as an assistant at the Université de Liège, department of economic sciences (1968–1973). From 1969 until 1971 he worked at the Ecole pratique des hautes études of the Sorbonne. He was first assistant at the Université de Liège (1974–1976), docent (1977 1988), and since 1988 extraordinary Professor. He was deacon of the department of economy, management and social sciences (1987–1988).
He was Governor of the National Bank of Belgium 2003–11, and as such a member of the Governing and General Councils of the European Central Bank.
On May 18, 2008, Quaden was admitted to the hereditary nobility, with the personal title of baron.
Other Positions
- He was President of the Central Council for Businesses (Duch: Centrale Raad voor het Bedrijfsleven) (1984–1988) and President of the intervention fund for the companies registered on the stock exchange (1991–1996). He was Commissioner-general for the Euro of the Belgian government (1996–1999).
- On February 1, 2012, the Belgian government nominated Guy Quaden as director of Dexia Bank Belgium. Subsequently, Dexia Bank Belgium adopted the new name Belfius.
- In August 2012, Quaden was appointed director of the Lebanese bank Byblos and of the Brussels branch of that institution, Byblos Bank Europe.
- Quaden was interim chairman of the board of directors of Belfius from September 4, 2013 to December 31, 2013. He continues to serve on the board of directors as director, a mandate he has fulfilled since February 2012.
Quaden has also been:
- Director of the Bank for International Settlements
- Governor of the International Monetary Fund
- Deputy Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Deputy Governor of the International Development Association
- Deputy Governor of the International Finance Corporation
- Vice-Chairman of the High Council of Finance
- Member of the Bureau of the High Council of Finance
- Chairman of the Study Committee on Aging
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for National Accounts
- Member of the Board Committee and Chair of the Permanent Financial Sub-Committee of the Carnegie Hero Fund
- Chairman of the Professional Association of Public Credit Institutions
- Chairman of the Financial Stability Committee
- Chairman of the supervisory board of the Government of Financial Services
- Member of the Board of Directors and of the Bureau of the National Fund for Scientific Research
- Administrator of the Francqui Foundation
- Chairman of the King Baudouin Foundation
