Swiss National Bank (SNB) Bank Council (as at 31 May 2011)

Monika Bütler, Auw, born 1961
Member of the Bank Council
Professor of Economics at the University of St. Gallen and Managing Director of the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research, SEW-HSG
Dean of the Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen

Professional and political career

Advisor to the World Bank, Washington; Member of the Swiss Federal Commission for Economic Issues (Eidgenössische Kommission für Konjunkturfragen), Full Professor at the University of Lausanne, Assistant Professor at CentER, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, Degree and doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen, Degree in mathematics and physics from the Universities of Berne and Zurich

Relevant affiliations

	1.	Member of the Foundation Board of WDA, World Demographic & Aging Forum, St. Gallen
	2.	Member of the Managing Committee at the Institute for Public Finance and Fiscal Law, IFF-HSG
	3.	Member of the Council of Experts (Fachrat), Center for Disability and Integration, CDI-HSG
	4.	Fellow of the CESifo Research Network, Munich
	5.	Research coordinator at Netspar Network, the Netherlands