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Jürgen Schaaf has been Adviser to the Senior Management of Market Infrastructure and Payments at the European Central Bank (ECB) since November 2019. He is currently focusing on central bank digital currencies and retail payments strategies.
Beforehand, Jürgen was Counsellor to the Executive Board of the ECB (December 2012-October 2019) and Secretary of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) Project Team (December 2012- December 2013).
Before joining the ECB, he was the Personal Adviser to the Governor of Banque Centrale du Luxembourg. In previous occupations, Jürgen worked as ECB watcher at Börsen-Zeitung, a German financial daily, and as Senior Economist at Deutsche Bank.
Jürgen studied Economics at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany and the University of Kent, England, and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Philipps-University of Marburg.
Jürgen will discuss digital euro as a complement to cash, ensuring citizens access to a safe form of money in the digital age.