Mr. Alexander Lehmann

Alexander Lehmann is a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels think tank, and teaches at the Frankfurt School of Finance. He also serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Sustainability at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in Paris. 

In numerous past and ongoing advisory roles Alex has worked with EU and emerging market policy makers on capital market development, financial stability and crisis recovery. Until 2016, he was the Lead Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) where he led the strategy and economics unit for central Europe and Baltic countries. Previously, Alex was on the staff of the International Monetary Fund and held positions as Adjunct Professor at the Hertie School of Governance (Berlin) and as Affiliate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the College of Europe, and a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University.

His academic, policy and market-related work has generated extensive publications on international finance and regulation. This is regularly presented in teaching, media commentary and industry conferences.