Andrea M. Maechler is Deputy Division Chief in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department . Her team is in charge of monitoring global market developments and assessing their broader macro-financial impact, and she plays a key role in the preparation of the Global Financial Stability Report. Prior to her current position, Ms. Maechler was the Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the European Systemic Risk Board  in Frankfurt, Germany. She was in charge of leading the  Risk Outlook and overseeing the analytical work relating to systemic risks in the European Union and the role of macro-prudential policy in addressing these risks.

Ms. Maechler has an extensive publication record, including in several top-rated journals. She obtained her Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her M.A. in the same field from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.