Dr. Holger SCHMIEDING Chief Economist, Berenberg Bank, London

1976-1978 Journalist, Westfälische Nachrichten 1989-1992 Head of Research Group on East-Central Europe, Kiel Institute of World Economics, Kiel 1991 PhD, Economics, University of Kiel 1993 Desk Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 1994-1997 Financial Market Economist, Merrill Lynch, Frankfurt 1998-2001 Chief Economist Europe, Merrill Lynch 2002-2008 Chief Economist Europe, Bank of America 2009-2010 Chief Economist Europe, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, London since 2010 Chief Economist, Berenberg, London