Thomas Mayer

Prof. Dr. Thomas Mayer is the founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, which is based in Cologne.

He previously served as the Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and the Head of Deutsche Bank Research. Before that, he held various positions at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and—before moving to the private sector—at the International Monetary Fund in Washington and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Thomas Mayer holds a doctorate from Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, and (since 2003) he holds the CFA Charter of the CFA Institute. Since 2015 he has been an honorary professor at the University of Witten-Herdecke.

His last three books were all published by FinanzBuch Verlag in Munich:
Die neue Ordnung des Geldes: Warum wir eine Geldreform brauchen (2014)
Die neue Kunst, Geld anzulegen: Mit Austrian Finance zu einem besseren Portfoliomanagement (2016)
Die Ordnung der Freiheit und ihre Feinde: Vom Aufstand der Verlassenen gegen die Herrschaft der Eliten (2018)

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