Otmar Issing is the president of the Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt and former chief economist at the European Central Bank. He is also the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Gesellschaft für Kapitalmarktforschung e.V. and the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the House of Finance at Goethe University. From 1998 to 2006, Issing was a member of the Executive Board of the ECB, responsible for the Directorates General Economics and Research. Until 1998 he was a member of the Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank with a seat on the Central Bank Council. From 1988 to 1990, he was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts. At the University of Würzburg, Issing was a professor of economics, monetary affairs, and international economic relations (1973–1990). From 1967–1973 he held a full professorship at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and was the director of the Institute for International Economic Relations. In addition to numerous articles in scientific journals and periodicals, Issing’s publications include two textbooks, Einführung in die Geldtheorie (“Introduction to Monetary Theory”) and Einführung in die Geldpolitik (“Introduction to Monetary Policy”). His book Der Euro — Geburt, Erfolg, Zukunft (“The Birth of the Euro”) was published in German and English in 2008, followed by a Chinese edition in 2011. His book The Long Journey of Central Bank Communication—from the Karl Brunner Distinguished Lecture Series—was published by MIT Press in September 2019. That same year, his book Stabiles Geld – eine Illusion? (“Stable Money—An Illusion?”) was published by the Walter Eucken Institute. Issing holds a PhD in economics from the University of Würzburg.
