Swiss National Bank (SNB) Enlarged Governing Board

Thomas Moser, born in 1967, concluded his university studies in 1997 with a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Zurich. From 1994 to 1996, he was employed as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Zurich’s Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, and from 1996 to 1999, he was an economist at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute (formerly Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research) at ETH Zurich.

In 1999, he joined the SNB as an economist in the International Monetary Relations unit. He was in Washington from 2001 to 2004, working first as Advisor to the Swiss Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and then, from 2002, as Senior Advisor. After returning to Switzerland in 2004, he took up a position as Assistant Director and Deputy Head of the International Research and Technical Assistance unit at the SNB in Zurich. From early May 2006 to the end of 2009, he was Executive Director at the IMF in Washington, representing the Swiss-led constituency.

The Federal Council has appointed Thomas Moser Alternate Member of the Governing Board in Department I (Economic Affairs, International Affairs, Legal and Property Services) with effect from the beginning of 2010. He is also the Head of International Affairs.

Thomas Moser is married with two sons.