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      Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland

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      Burkhard Balz

      Burkhard Balz

      Member of the Executive Board

      Deutsche Bundesbank

      Burkhard Balz, born in 1969, has served on the Bundesbank’s Executive Board since September 2018 and is responsible for the Directorates General Payments and Settlement Systems, Cash Management, Digital Euro and International Central Bank Dialogue. He is a member of the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on central bank digital currency. Mr Balz is also a Member of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures of the Bank for International Settlements. Since January 2024 he is alternate member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.
      From 2009 up until joining the Deutsche Bundesbank, Mr Balz was a Member of the European Parliament. Prior to this he held various positions at Commerzbank AG in Brussels and Hanover.

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