The Euro was introduced to the world’s financial markets as an accounting currency on 1st January 1999, and then as a physical currency three years later. Since then it has grown to become the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world (after the United States Dollar). Like the Dollar, the Euro is managed by one central bank, the European Central Bank. However, being shared by 19 countries complicates its management.
It was designed to bring the European Union closer together, but many feel it has actually done the opposite. After nearly a decade of growth, the initial unity has been replaced with dissent and prospective exits. The inability of the eurozone to match the recovery in the USA and UK has exposed its governing structures, institutions and policies as dysfunctional and called into question the viability of a common currency shared by such different economies as Germany and Greece. This has been seen more recently with the ongoing Brexit debates.
The Euro's importance in the world market means that staying up to date with its predicted growth and decline is crucial for business. We have a range of expert keynote speakers whose backgrounds and experiences can help bring you and your team up to speed with current issues and predicted changes. From former national European leaders to economists and bankers, we have listed some of our most popular keynote speakers below. However, if you had a particular speaker in mind then please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team.
Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (2012-2020), Governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg (1998-2012)
British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Former Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
Economist, former Minister of Finance of Greece
CEO, Roubini Macro Associates, LLC
Adviser to the German Government on Economic Policy
Leading Economist, Broadcaster and Author
Former President EU-Commission and Former Prime Minister Portugal
Award Winning British Journalist, Broadcaster and Author
Former President of the EU Commission 2014-19, and Former Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Experienced European Central Banker
Editor-in-Chief of The Economist
Author of Economics of Good and Evil, philosopher of economics
President of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (2023), Former President of the European Central Bank, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France
CEO and President, International Rescue Committee
Chairman of the Energy Transition Commission
China Analyst & Expert on Chinese Financial Markets
BBC Economics Correspondent, Financial Presenter and Broadcaster, Moderator, Business and Financial Keynote Speaker, Event Host, Personal Finance Expert
President of the Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt; Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS (2012-2022); President of the German Bundesbank (2004-2011)
Adviser to the German Government on Economic Policy
Economics Professor and member of the Scientific Board of the French Association of French Administration
Swedish politician, European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019, European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010
German Economist and President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July 2016 to July 2018
CEO and President, International Rescue Committee
Managing Partner at International Capital Strategies, Previous US Board Member IMF
One of the most influential analysts of the global economy, Board member of two financial firms in the City of London
President European Movement International, former Member of the European Parliament and Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard J. F Kennedy School of Government
President of the ifo-Institute in Munich (1999-2016)
Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2010 -2016
President of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (2023), Former President of the European Central Bank, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France
Former President of the EU Commission 2014-19, and Former Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Global Investment Guru
FT Weekend Business Columnist
Former President EU-Commission and Former Prime Minister Portugal
Leading German economist, key member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) 2006-11
CEO of the European Financial Stability Facility (2010-2022) Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism (2012-2022)
Leading Economist, Broadcaster and Author