Per Callesen

Governor as per 1 February 2011

Age
Born 9 November 1958

Family
Married, two children (1985, 1992)

Theoretical background
Master of Science (Economics), University of Copenhagen 1984

Previous positions

• Head of section and part-time student, Confederation of Danish Industry 1979-1986
• Special adviser and head of section, Ministry of Finance 1986-1991
• Visiting fellow, ESRC Modelling Bureau, University of Warwick 1991
• Head of division, Ministry of Finance 1991-1993
• Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance 1993-2010
  Macroeconomic policy 1993-2003
  International economic policy 2003-2009
• Executive director, International Monetary Fund 2010-2011.
  

Board of memberships

• Chairman of the Danish Payments Council 2015-
  
• Member of the Systemic Risk Council 2013-
  
• Member of Economic Policy Committee (EPC), European Union, 1993-2003
  Vice President and Chairman of working-group "Country-examinations" 1999-2002
  Chairman of Labour Market Working Group 2002-2003

• Member of OECD's Working Party 1 1993-2003, Vice President 1999-2003

• Member of OECD's Economic Policy Committee 1996-2009

• Member of EU's Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) 2003-2009 and 2011-2020
  President of the Alternates of the EFC 2005-2009
  Chairman of the EFC High Level ad hoc Group on Financial Stability Arrangements 2006-2008
  Chairman of the EFC Working Group on procyclicality 2009
• Chairman of the Working Group on Climate Financing 2009
• Chairman of the Nordic Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee, member 2003-2009 and 2011-2015
• Co-chair the Regional Subgroup on Europe, Financial Stability Board (FSB) 2013-2015
• Member of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, (GCF Korea) 2011-2014
• Member of the Danish Economic Council 2011-2021
  
• Chairman of the Danish Economic Society 2014, Member of the Board 1997-2000 and 2011-2014
  
• Member of the board of Bruegel (Bruxelles, Think Thank) 2012-2014
  
• Chairman, EU/EFC High Level Working Group on Regulatory of Sovereign Exposures 2015-2016.
  

Other

• Assistant lecturer, Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen 1984-1988
• External associate professor, macroeconomic planning, University of Copenhagen 1988-1993
• ESRC Modelling Bureau, University of Warwick, UK 1991.