Member of the Executive Board
Deutsche Bundesbank __ Germany
Johannes Beermann studied Law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and, after passing his Second State Exam in 1988, joined the staff of the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family Affairs, Women and Health.
Having completed his PhD in Law at the University of Münster in 1990, he worked at the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and at the Saxon State Chancellery until 1992, and served as Head of Office for the CDU Secretary General Peter Hintze for the next three years.
In 1995, Johannes became State Councillor to the Senator of Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. He was then Secretary of State for Federal and European Affairs at the Hessian State Chancellery and Commissioner (Bevollmächtigter) of the State of Hessen to the Federation from 1999 to 2003, and subsequently worked in a law firm as a lawyer.
Johannes was appointed Chief of the State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs of the Free State of Saxony in 2008, and reappointed to these positions a year later, until 2014. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, responsible for the Directorates Banknotes, Controlling, Administration, Construction and the Procurement Centre, since January 2015.
In 2020, Johannes was awarded an honorary professorship by the University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida, where he also holds a lecturing post.
Panel __ Reinventing currency management post-COVID
The pandemic has affected all sectors of the economy and in some countries has a detrimental influence on the use of cash in transactions. How does this influence the future of cash management? The panel will discuss the effects of COVID on the use of cash and how two large central banks will plan for the future.
