Jean-Pierre Roth (born in 28.04.1946) is a Swiss banker who served as chairman of the
Swiss National Bank
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from 1 January 2001 until 31 December 2009.
He joined the Swiss National Bank in 1979, working in
Zürich
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and
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
. He became vice-chairman of the governing board in 1996. In 2001, he became chairman of the governing board.
Between 2001 and 2009 he was Governor of the Washington-based
International Monetary Fund
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(IMF) for Switzerland and chairman of the board of directors of the
Bank for International Settlements
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The BIS carries out its work thr ...
(BIS) in Basel.
Presently, he is a board member of
Nestlé
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and the
Swatch Group
The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 by the merger of ASUAG and SSIH to move to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swi ...
.
Roth has been credited with the measures taken to restore public confidence in the Swiss banking system and blamed for destroying the Swiss franc.
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/ref> Although he certainly had input into the measures implemented by the Swiss banking system and the Swiss government, he certainly did not single-handedly do either.
Education
He received a doctorate in economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies
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in Geneva. He pursued postdoctoral studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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(MIT).
Personal life
Roth is married and has three children. In 2009, he took an early retirement. He and his wife live in Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
.
References
1946 births
Chairmen of the Board of Swiss National Bank
Living people
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni
Businesspeople from Geneva
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