Dr. Alexis Meyer-Cirkel

- Strategy, Policy, Review Department - European Department - Southeastern Europe - Regional Studies (Sub-Saharan Africa) - Mission assignments - Policy relevant research

Family farm since 1975 - Main business is timber production and resin extraction of Pinus Elliottii (Slash Pine) - Smaller scale agriculture and cattle breeding

Economic Research and Corporate Development - Projects on asset correlation patterns in crises vs. noncrises periods - European economics and outlook - ECB watching

External consultant: Research project on a financial development index for Emerging Market Economies - International Policy Analysis Division

Financial Analyst and external research fellow - Financial analyst in the Interest Rate Derivatives Sales team covering German speaking countries (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), from 01/2004 – 05/2005. - While pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics, worked as an external 'research fellow' for Morgan Stanley's fixed income reseach department, from 12/2006 – 12/2007.

Intern - Sao Paulo and New York branches - Five months at the Credit Department - Three months at the Structured Finance Dept.

Focus: macroeconomics and finance Thesis topic: influences of financial development on macroeconomic variables

MSc Thesis: “Financial Crisis in Developing Countries and the Role of Rating Agencies.”