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Jens Thomsen


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Member of the Board of Governors of Danmarks Nationalbank, 1995

Age
Born 15 May 1942

Family
Married to Jane Thomsen (Falbe-Hansen) on October 5, 1968

Theoretical background
Master of Science (Economics), University of Copenhagen 1969

Previous positions

  • Assistant Principal, Danmarks Statistik (Central Bureau of Statistics), 1969-71
  • Assistant Principal, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Economic Secretariat, 1971-73
  • Financial Attaché, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Communities, Brussels, 1973-75
  • Head of Section, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Economic Secretariat, 1975-79
  • Senior Economic Adviser, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1980-87
  • Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1988
  • Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1988-94
  • As of 1995, member of the Board of Governors of Danmarks Nationalbank

Board memberships
  • The Monetary Committee, Alternate member, 1979-88
  • Committee on Security and Disarmament, 1981-89
  • Nordic Economic Research Council, 1986-88
  • Deputy Chairman, Committee of Directors, Danmarks Nationalbank, 1988-94
  • Alternate Governor, IMF, 1988-95
  • The Monetary Committee, 1988-98; The Economic and Financial Committee, 1999-
  • The Economic Council, 1988-
  • Personal Representative, Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union, 1990-91
  • Alternate Governor, EBRD, 1994-95
  • Council Committee of Alternates, The European Monetary Institute, 1995-1998
  • Nordic Financial Committee 1988, 1995-99
  • Danish Economic Society 1995-2004; Chairman 2000-2004
  • Chairman, Steering Committee of Evaluation of Study Programmes in Economics, 1996-97
  • The Danish Securities Council, 1996-2001
  • The European Central Bank's International Relations Committee, 1999-
  • Nordic Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee, 1999-
  • Financial Business Council, 2001-
  • Danish Ship Finance (DSF), 2003-2005
  • Danish Ship Finance A/S 2005-, Vice Chairman April 2008
  • Chairman, Economic and Financial Committee Group on EU Government Bills and Bonds, 2004-

Other
  • Lecturer, Copenhagen Business School, 1976-88
  • Lecturer, DIS-Study, 1980-82
  • Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, 1985-88
  • External examiner, Copenhagen Business School, 1988-2005
  • External examiner, University of Copenhagen, 1988-
Publications
  • Det europæiske monetære samarbejde (European Monetary Cooperation), 1990
  • Det europæiske monetære system (The European Monetary System), 1980, 2nd edition 1983, 3rd edition 1986
  • Internationale obligationer og syndikerede kreditter (International Bonds and Syndicated Credits), 1984





Last update: 08/08/2011

 
 


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