Claudia Maria Buch

Claudia Buch
Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board
Designate
Assuming office
1 January 2024
SucceedingAndrea Enria
Personal details
BornMarch 1966 (age 59)
Paderborn, West Germany (now Germany)
EducationUniversity of Bonn (BA, MA)
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (MBA)
University of Kiel (PhD, Dr. habil.)
Academic background
Doctoral advisorHorst Siebert
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical economics
InstitutionsOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Halle Institute for Economic Research
Website

Claudia Maria Buch (also Claudia-Maria Buch; born March 1966) is a German economist who serves as Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board since 2024. She was a Vice President of the Bundesbank from 2014 to 2023.

Earlier in her career, Buch worked as professor at the University of Tübingen and was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts.

She worked as scientific director at the Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (Institute of Applied Economic Studies) in Tübingen and as chairperson of the economic council at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. She still teaches at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Her research focuses on regulation and supervision of banking.