Member of the Board


Date of birth: 30 August 1952
Place of birth: Bucharest

Daniel Dăianu, Professor, Ph.D.

Education

1994
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School
1990 - 1991
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Harvard University
1988
Ph.D. in Economics – doctoral thesis titled “Mecanisme de Ajustare a Balanţei de Plăţi” (“Balance of Payments Adjustment Mechanisms”), delivered at the National Institute of Economic Research
1971 - 1975
Academy of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, International Economic Relations Department
1959 - 1971
I. Luca Caragiale High School, Bucharest

Main scientific research topics

  • monetary economics and public finances
  • comparative analysis of economic systems
  • political economy of economic regime changes
  • complexity of social systems
  • European integration

Professional activity and public administration activity

October 2014 - Present
NBR Board member
June 2014 - Present
Member of High Level Group on EU Own Resources (HLGOR) chaired by Mario Monti
May 2013 - June 2014
First Vice President of the Financial Supervisory Authority, member of the Board of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA), member of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
July 2012 - April 2013
CEC Bank Board member
2007 - 2009
Member of the European Parliament
2005 - 2006
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Banca Comercială Română
2001
National Co-ordinator of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
December 1997 - September 1998
Minister of Finance
September 1992 - December 1997
Chief Economist, National Bank of Romania
February 1992 - August 1992
Deputy Minister of Finance
At various stages
Consultant Advisor to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, etc.
March 1976 - August 1978
Analyst, External Intelligence Department (Ministry of Domestic Affairs)

Academic and research positions

  • Professor, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA), 2004 - Present
  • President of Extreme Events Think-Tank, 2013-
  • Professor, Academy of Economics, 2000-2004
  • Visiting Professor, University of Bologna, 2000-2004
  • Visiting Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles), 2000-2002
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, October 1999 - March 2000
  • Visiting Professor, Berkeley, University of California, January-April 1999 Visiting Professor, the University of Michigan Business School (Ann Arbor), November 1997
  • Associate Professor of International Economics with the Institute for Business Administration in Bucharest (ASEBUSS), 1992-1998
  • Visiting Research Fellow, NATO Defense College, Rome, February-May 1995
  • Visiting Research Fellow, International Monetary Fund, February-April 1993
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, January 1992
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Russian Research Center, Harvard University, September 1990 - December 1991
  • Research scientist, Institute of National Economy, Bucharest, 1979-1990
  • Analyst, Information and Documentation Centre of the National Institute of Economic Research, Bucharest, September 1978 - August 1979

Scientific and civic activities and other affiliations

  • Member of the Romanian Academy
  • Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) 2011-
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of Friends of Europe, Brussels, 2014-
  • President of the Romanian Economics Society, 1992-
  • Honorary President of the Romanian Association of European Studies
  • President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, 2002-2004
  • Honorary President of Junior Achievement Romania, 1992-
  • Member of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution
  • Fellow of CASE (the Center for Social and Economic Analysis), Poland, 2010-
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Oeconomica journal
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Journal of Comparative Economics
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs

Books, papers and articles (selection)


Membership of professional associations

  • Member of the Romanian Economics Society
  • Member of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies
  • Member of the American Economic Association