THYGESEN (Niels)

— Born on 13 December 1934 in Copenhagen (DK)
— Nationality: Danish
— Official at the Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs (1961–1964)
— Associate Professor (1964–1969) then Professor (1971–2004) of Economics at the University of Copenhagen
— Economic Adviser to the Treasury of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, with the Harvard University Development Advisory Service (1969–1971)
— Head of Monetary Division and Studies at the OECD, Paris (1971–1973)
— Adviser to the Governor of the Danmarks Nationalbank (1973–1983)
— Chairman of the Danish Economic Council (1983–1985)
— Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Union in the European Communities (‘Delors Committee’) (1988–1989)
— Member of the Swedish Government’s Advisory Group on the economic crisis (1992–1993)
— Research Professor at the Danske Bank (1998–2003)
— Chairman of the European Fiscal Board (since 2016)