Thomas J. Jordan (born 1963) studied at the University of Berne, where he received his doctorate in economics (Dr.rer.pol.) in 1993. Following a three-year post-doctoral research position at the Department of Economics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, where he wrote his post-doctoral thesis (Habilitation), the University of Berne appointed him lecturer (Privatdozent) in 1998 and honorary professor in 2003. He lectures in monetary theory and monetary policy. Between 2002 and 2007, he held a further lectureship at the University of Zurich, teaching monetary policy.
Thomas J. Jordan joined the Swiss National Bank (SNB) in Zurich as an Economic Advisor in 1997. Two years later, he was appointed Assistant Director of the Economic Studies unit and, in 2002, took over as Head of the Research unit. After his promotion to Director with effect from the beginning of 2004, the Federal Council appointed him Deputy to the Head of Department III of the SNB. In this function, Thomas Jordan headed the financial markets division (money market operations, foreign exchange and gold operations, asset management, risk management and financial market analysis) as from mid-2004. With effect from 1 May 2007, the Federal Council appointed him Member of the SNB’s Governing Board and Head of Department III (Financial Markets, Banking Operations and Information Technology). With effect from the beginning of January 2010, the Federal Council elected him to be the Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board and Head of Department II (Finance, Cash, Financial Systems, Security) in Berne.
Thomas J. Jordan is married, with two sons.
