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Thorsten Beck
Chairman
Tilburg University
Private Sector & Development author
Thorsten Beck is professor of economics and chairman of the European Banking Center at Tilburg University. Prior to this, he worked for the World Bank at the research department. His focus is on the relationship between finance and economic development, and the policies needed for a functional financial system. His work includes access to financial services, cross-border banking, and bank resolution frameworks. His research has been published in leading academic journals and he has co-authored several influential policy reports.
Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a university of the Netherlands, providing high-quality education and research for more than eighty years. It has a student population of about 13,700 students. Enjoying the reputation as Europe's best in Business, Economics, and Law, it also specializes in Humanities, Theology and Social Sciences. A feature of the research carried out at Tilburg University is the innovative multi-disciplinary approach. There are more than twenty centers in which scientists from a wide range of fields work together.