Ignazio Visco on European fragmentation and the single currency in an uncertain world
In this public event, Ignazio Visco, Governor Emeritus of the Bank of Italy, will discuss Europe’s role in an increasingly fragmented and uncertain world.
This event is in partnership with the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
For more information and to register both in-person and online, please visit: On European Fragmentation and the Single Currency in an Uncertain World.
Speakers
Iain Begg
Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science
Iain Begg
Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science
Jörg Kukies
Federal Minister of Finance
Germany (2024-25)
Jörg Kukies
Federal Minister of Finance
Germany (2024-25)
Jörg Kukies is a German economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from November 2024 to May 2025. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. Kukies spent 17 years working at investment bank Goldman Sachs, where he rose to become co-chief of Germany Austria and head of the securities division in the region. From 2018 to 2021, Kukies served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance under minister Olaf Scholz, in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2021 to 2024, Kukies was a State Secretary in the German Chancellery; in this capacity, he also served as Chancellor Scholz’s sherpa for G7 and G20 summits.
Ignazio Visco
Governor
Banca d’Italia (2011-23)
Ignazio Visco
Governor
Banca d’Italia (2011-23)
Ignazio Visco is Governor Emeritus of the Bank of Italy. After a long career with the Bank of Italy that began in 1972, Ignazio Visco was appointed Governor in November 2011 and renewed in November 2017; his second term ended on October 31, 2023. The following November he was awarded the title of Governor Emeritus by the Board of Directors of the Bank of Italy.
As a governor Mr Visco was a member of the Governing Council and General Council of the European Central Bank, of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements and of the Boards of Governors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank.
From 1997 to 2002 he was Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department of the OECD in Paris. Mr Visco graduated from the University of Rome and obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. The author of numerous articles and books on economics and finance, he also taught Econometrics and Economic Policy at “Sapienza” University of Rome.
Vicky Pryce
Chief Economic Adviser
Centre for Economics and Business Research
Vicky Pryce
Chief Economic Adviser
Centre for Economics and Business Research