1966 High school certificate, Athens College

1970 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1972 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1977 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional career

1973 - 1975 Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1975 - 1977 Lecturer of Economics, Columbia University, New York

1977 - 1984 Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics, Columbia University, New York

1980 Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

1984 - 1985 Visiting Professor of Economics, Athens School of Economics and Business

since 1988 Professor of Economics, University of Athens

1985 - 1993 Economic Counsellor (Chief Economist), Bank of Greece

1988 - 1993 Head of the Economic Research Department, Bank of Greece

1993 - 1994 Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece

1994 - 2002 Governor, Bank of Greece

since 2002 Vice-President of the European Central Bank


o Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (since January 2001)

o Member of the General Council of the European Central Bank (since January 1999)

o Governor of the International Monetary Fund for Greece (since October 1994 - 2002 )

o Member of the Council of the European Monetary Institute (1994 - 1998)

o Member of the Monetary Committee of the European Communities (1985-1988, 1990)

o Member of the Committee of Alternates of the Committee of the EC Central Bank Governors (1985-1993; Chairman 1989)

o Chairman of the Monetary Policy Sub-Committee of the Committee of the EC Central Bank Governors and, subsequently, of the Monetary Policy Sub-Committee of the Council of the European Monetary Institute (1992-1994)

o Chairman of the Governors' Club, a forum comprising the governors of the central banks of 16 south-east European and Asian countries (2001 - 2002)

o Member of the Trilateral Commission (since 1998)

o Member of Greece's Council of Economic Experts (1985-1988, 1991-1994)

o Member of the Bid Committee for the Olympic Games - Athens 2004 (1996-1997)

o Member of the Board of Directors, Center for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) (1987-1988)

o Member of the Scientific Council of the Greek Center of European Studies (1988-1989)

o Member of the Angelopoulos Committee, which prepared the "Stabilisation and Recovery of the Greek Economy" Report (1989-1990)

o Member of the Padoa-Schioppa Committee, which prepared the "Efficiency, Stability and Equity: A Strategy for the Evolution of the Economic System of the European Community" Report (1986-1987)

o Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Hellenic Observatory at the European Institute, London School of Economics (since 1998)