Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther has been Director and Member of the Presidium of the German Economic Institute since July 2004. He studied from 1982 to 1987 economics as well as medieval and modern history at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen. Upon completion of his doctorate in economics, in 1991 he became a member of the scientific staff of the Council of Experts for the Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development. In 1995 he was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers. In 1999, he joined DekaBank as chief economist and in 2001 additionally as Division Manger economics and communication.
Since August 2001 Prof. Hüther is Honorary Professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel.
In the academic year 2016-2017 and in autumn 2019 he was Gerda Henkel Adjunct Professor in the Department of German Studies at Stanford University, CA, USA.
- Born in 1962 in Düsseldorf
- 1982 to 1987: Studies in Economics and History at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- 1987 to 1991: Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Economics II (Public Finance) at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- 1991 to 1995: Staff Member of the German Council of Economic Advisers, Wiesbaden
- 1995 to 1999: Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers
- 1999 bis 2004: Chief Economist of the DekaBank, Frankfurt/M.
- Since 2001: Honorary Professorship for Economics at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel
- Since 2004: Director and Member of the Presidium German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft)
- 2016 to 2017: Gerda Henkel Adjunct Professor an der Stanford University
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) by the Federal President
- Member of the supervisory board of Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, SRH Holding and TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V.
- Vice chairman of the main board of Atlantik-Brücke
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
- Trustee of the Foundation of the German Economy
- Research Council of the Justus Liebig University, Gießen
- Scientific Advisory Board of the journal Wirtschaftsdienst