Speaker Resume

Gero Jung, Chief Economist of the Mirabaud Group, is in charge of macroeconomic research and analysis and is a member of the Investment Committee. His experience in asset management dates back to 1993. Before joining Mirabaud in 2012, Mr Jung was Global Macro Economist at Zurich Financial Services, Senior Economist at the Swiss National Bank and Advisor to the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Jung previously worked for UBS, the World Bank, ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Jung holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, a Master’s degree in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan and a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He was also a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston in the field of international finance and macroeconomics.

After graduating from Izmir American High School, he graduated from Bilkent University, Department of Industrial Engineering. He received his master’s degree in economics from Bocconi University. For 4 years, he worked as an economist at the World Bank Ankara Office. Before joining the World Bank, he worked as an economist at the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) for 3 years. He has published articles and reports on trade competitiveness, regional competition and innovation policies in Türkiye. He is currently a board member of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Research (EDAM). Can also gives talks on global and Turkish trends and consumer habits.