Uwe Corsepius

Uwe has significant insight into European and German policy developments, stemming from service at the highest levels in the EU and German Government. He served as European Policy Advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel for twelve years and also spent four years as secretary general of the European Council and the Council of the European Union. 

Uwe started his career at the German Federal Ministry of Economics, before transferring to the Federal Chancellery to become an Economist in the Policy Department at the IMF. In 1997, he became Head of the Chancellery Division for Economic Issues relating to European Integration, before being appointed Head of the Division for G8, IMF, WTO and International Financial Market Issues. Between 2003 and 2005, Uwe took up the role of Head of the Group for European Policy Coordination, Economic Aspects of the European Integration. He then spent five years as Head of Department for European Policy, before becoming Head of Department of Economic and Financial Policies. 

Uwe graduated in business studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1984, before completing further studies at the Kiel Institute for World Economics. He was awarded a doctorate in political sciences by Kiel University in 1989.