Thomas Mayer

Thomas Mayer is a Senior Fellow at CFS since July 2012. As Senior Fellow he is involved in research on European financial integration and current financial market issues. He also organized the CFS Lecture Series "On the Order of Money". (Please find an overview of the lecture series by Thomas Mayer in the CFS Newsletter 1/2014)

Thomas Mayer is founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute. Previously, he was senior advisor to Deutsche Bank’s management and key clients.

Between 2010 and 2012 Thomas Mayer was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of Deutsche Bank Research. From 2002 to 2009 he was Chief European Economist at Deutsche Bank in London and co-head of the Bank’s Global Economics Group. Before Thomas Mayer joined Deutsche Bank in 2002, he worked for Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt and London (1991-2002), and for Salomon Brothers in London (1990-91).

Before moving to the private sector, he held positions at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. (1983-1990) and at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (1978-82). In 1982, he received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kiel and is a CFA Charterholder since 2002.

Thomas Mayer has published numerous articles on international and European economic issues in professional journals and has commented on these issues in the media.