Louka Katseli
 Louka Katseli      (economist, central banker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Λούκα Κατσέλη 20 April 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Smith College, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Gerasimos Arsenis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Euro 50 Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | KOISY, PASOK, Social Agreement (Greece) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US-educated Greek economist and central banker who attended the 1984 Bilderberg aged 32.
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Louka Katseli is a Greek economist and politician. An economic planner, she attended the 1984 Bilderberg meeting as member of the European Commission's Economic and Monetary Policy Committee. In March 2015 she was elected chair of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece.
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=Family
Louka Katseli is the daughter of Greek actress Αleka Katseli, and stage director Pelopidas Katselis. She is also the sister of actress and former politician Nora Katseli.
Education
Louka Katseli graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1972, with a B.A. in economics and from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1974 with an MPA (Master of Public Administration). She continued her studies at Princeton, receiving a M.A. in economics in 1975 followed by a Ph.D. in economics in 1978.[1]
Academic career
Louka Katseli began her academic career in 1977 as an assistant professor of economics at Yale University[2] and was subsequently promoted to associate professor of economics at the School of Organization and Management (1977–1985). She subsequently was visiting professor at Birkbeck College, London (1986) and at the Athens University of Economics and Business in 1986–1987. In 1987, she was elected Professor of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, position which she held until her retirement in 2019.
Professional career
Louka Katseli worked as Director General of the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) in Athens (1982–1986), member of the Council of Economic Advisors (1982–1984 and 1993–1996), Special Economic Advisor to Prime Minister of Greece Andreas Papandreou, (1993–1996)[2] and Special Advisor to the Minister of Education (1996-1997). From 2003 to 2007, Louka Katseli was appointed Director of the OECD Development Centre in France.[3]
In March 2015 she was elected chair of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece (3/15 – 11/16) and Chair of the Hellenic Bank Association (4/15 – 11/16).[4]
She has also been member of the European Commission's Economic and Monetary Policy Committee (1983–1986), member of the "Commite des Sages" for the Revision of the European Social Charter (1995–1997), a member of the European Commission's advisory board for "Science, Technology, Social Cohesion in the wider Continental Europe" (1991–1992) and Advisor to various Directorates of the European Commission. She was a member and Vice President of the Committee of Development Policy of the United Nations (1996–1999) and advisor to numerous international organizations including the World Bank, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations.
As a consultant, she worked as Special Economic Expert of the European Union in Moldova in the context of the "Support to the DCFTA Process in the Republic of Moldova" EU Program. Most recently, she was Vice President of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) (2016 to 2024), and member of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats - S&D, (Progressive Society).
Since 2017, she is a partner of Match2Invest, a company that promotes "sustainable development" and investment initiatives in Greece.
Politics
A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) since 1976, she was elected State Deputy in the elections of September 16, 2007 and was economics spokesperson for the party. On October 4, 2009, she was elected Member of Parliament from the second district of Attica, a position she kept until 2012. Following the elections, she was appointed Minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping until September 7, 2010.
On September 23, 2009, a low-impact explosive device exploded in the hallway of the floor she occupied in the Kolonaki district of Athens, causing minor property damage. The explosion was preceded by two telephone warnings. The attack was attributed to the terrorist group "Conspiracy of Fire Cells". who later also claimed responsibility for the attack.[5]
In September 2010, she was appointed Minister for Labour and Social Security,[6] a position she held until June 2011.
On 20 October 2011, after having refused to vote for the dismantling of collective agreements,[7] Katseli was removed from PASOK's parliamentary group but was brought back a month later following a vote of confidence in which she supported the government. In February 20102, she was expelled a second time from PASOK's parliamentary group after voting against Greece's second Financial Assistance Program that abolished the minimum wage and collective agreements and gave the right to Greece's creditors to seize the country's gold reserves if needed.[8]
On 14 March 2012 she formed the new Social Pact party, together with Haris Kastanidis[9] and five other expelled parliament members. The party took part in the elections of May 6, 2012, receiving 0.96% of the valid ballots. She remained as party head until March 2015 when she was elected Chair of the National Bank of Greece.
Since 2018, she is co-chair of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats - S&D (Progressive Society). Together with her co-chair former Prime Minister of Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, she oversaw the commission's workings and the publication of its report entitled "Well-Being for Everyone in a Sustainable Europe".[10]
Personal life
Louka Katseli was first married to Stratis Papaefstratiou and then to the late Gerasimos Arsenis,[11] a well-known economist and former Minister. She has two children, Dimitris Papaefstratiou, now an international lawyer and Amalia Arseni, a theatre actress.
Board positions
She has been member of the executive committee of the European Association of Development Institutes (E.A.D.I), a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, Germany, Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Athens Development and Governance Institute (ADGI – INERPOST) and a member of the Euro 50 group.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1984 | 11 May 1984 | 13 May 1984 | Sweden Saltsjöbaden | The 32nd Bilderberg, held in Sweden |
References
- ↑ https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1311786
- ↑ a b https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aNkDiv_KRAqc
- ↑ http://www.oecd.org/development/pgd/33846330.pdf
- ↑ http://loukakatseli.gr/louka-katseli/
- ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/politik/article107567583/Bekennerschreiben-nach-Anschlag-auf-Wahlkampfveranstaltung.html
- ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-06/greece-s-papandreou-changes-government-ministers-in-reshuffle.html
- ↑ Carassava, Anthee, "Greece lawmakers OK new austerity measures", Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/world/europe/euro-zone-leaders-agree-on-new-greek-bailout.html?_r=0
- ↑ http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_14/03/2012_432890
- ↑ https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/progressivesociety
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721082809/http://www.kefalonia.net.gr/en/infoID.asp?CatID=14&ScatID=105&EntityID=406
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