Martin Schlegel

Vice Chairman of the SNB Governing Board, Berne Martin Schlegel, born in 1976, graduated in economics from the University of Zurich in 2003, and thereafter joined the Research unit at the SNB. From 2004 to 2009, he worked as an economist in the Financial Market Analysis and Money Market units. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Basel in 2009. In the same year, Martin Schlegel took over as head of the SNB's Foreign Exchange and Gold unit. In 2016, he was appointed head of the SNB's branch office in Singapore. From 2011 to 2018, he was a member of the Investment Committee at the SNB. From 2010 to 2022, Martin Schlegel lectured in applied monetary policy at the University of Basel. From 2015 to 2016, he served as an expert on projects for the International Monetary Fund. With effect from 1 September 2018, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Martin Schlegel as Alternate Member of the Governing Board in Department I (Secretariat General, Economic Affairs, International Monetary Cooperation, Statistics, Legal Services, Compliance, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Premises and Technical Services) in Zurich. With effect from 1 August 2022, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Martin Schlegel as Vice Chairman of the Governing Board, and thereby also Head of Department II (Financial Stability, Cash, Risk Management, Accounting, Controlling, Operational Risk and Security) in Berne. Martin Schlegel is a member of the Executive Committee of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich, a member of the Executive Board of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Konjunkturforschung (SGK), and the president of the Foundation Council of the Study Center Gerzensee.