Dr. Gerhard Schick

Gerhard Schick
Gerhard Schick, member of the German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Green, will visit Washington, DC as part of his trip to Canada (Ottowa and Toronto) and the United States (Washington, DC and New York City, NY) from May 31st to June 9th. His wil visit North America in his function as member of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag (German Parliament).

Biography

Gerhard Schick, a member of the German Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens since October 2005, is currently the Green Parliamentary Group’s spokesperson for financial policy and a member of the Parliament’s Committee on Finance. He also serves in the Federal executive council of his party and is the spokesperson for his party’s working group on economic and financial policy.  A political economist by trade with a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Freiburg (Germany), Dr. Schick is one of the most outspoken members of the German parliament in proposing regulatory reforms for the German and European banking and finance sector. Some of his more recent publications and speeches in the Bundestag have dealt with the shortcomings in the management of the financial crisis in Germany and Europe, the need for stronger regulatory oversight of banks or the prospects for a regional financial transaction tax in Europe.

Current offices and positions:
Member of Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens
Parliamentary Spokesperson for Alliance 90/The Greens on Finance
Member of the Finance Committee
Member of the Executive Council of Alliance 90/The Greens

He regularly writes for the Tripple Crisis web blog.