Daniel Gros

Daniel Gros (born 1955) is a German[1] economist who currently serves as the Director of the Institute for European Policymaking (IEP) at Bocconi University.

[4] His current research primarily focuses on EU economic policy, specifically on the impact of the euro on capital and labour markets, as well as on the international role of the euro, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.

He also monitors the transition towards market economies and the process of enlargement of the European Union towards the east.

He attended the University of Rome where he received a Laurea in Economia e Commercio.

Gros has previously worked for the International Monetary Fund from 1983 to 1986, served as an Economic Advisor to the Directorate General II of the European Commission from 1988 to 1990[6] co-authoring the study targeted to design the Euro,[7] and served as an advisor to the European Parliament from 1998 to 2005.

Daniel Gros, then Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia held in Vienna, Austria, June 8, 2011