Thomas Jordan (economist)

{{short description|Swiss economist and central banker (born 1963)}}

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| birth_name = Thomas Jordan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Biel, Switzerland

| education = Gymnasium Alpenstrasse (High school)
University of Bern (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)

| occupation = {{hlist|Economist|Banker}}

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Thomas Jakob Ulrich Jordan ({{IPA|de-CH|ˈtoːmas ˈjaːkɔb ˈʊlrɪç ˈjɔrdan}}; born 28 January 1963{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/us/profile-snb-chairman-thomas-jordan-idUSCENBANKCH/ |title=Profile-SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan |date=28 May 2012 |publisher=Reuters}}) is a Swiss economist and central banker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/snb/hist/histbio/id/hist_bios_dm|title=Swiss National Bank (SNB) - Members of the Governing Board from 1907 onwards|website=www.snb.ch}} He is the former chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank, chairman of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, a member of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, and a member of the steering committee of the Financial Stability Board.{{Cite web |title=Thomas J. Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board, Zurich |url=https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/organisation/supervisory-management-boards#t4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927233543/https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/organisation/supervisory-management-boards#t4 |archive-date=27 September 2024 |access-date=18 June 2013 |publisher=Swiss National Bank}}{{cite news | title = New SNB chief: The Thinker from the second row | url = http://www.ftd.de/unternehmen/finanzdienstleister/:neuer-snb-chef-der-denker-aus-der-zweiten-reihe/60152097.html | work = Financial Times Germany | date = 9 January 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112033043/http://www.ftd.de/unternehmen/finanzdienstleister/:neuer-snb-chef-der-denker-aus-der-zweiten-reihe/60152097.html | archivedate = 12 January 2012 | df = dmy-all }}{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/business/global/swiss-central-bank-appoints-thomas-jordan-as-chairman.html?_r=0 | title = Swiss Central Bank Taps New Chairman | work = New York Times | date = 18 April 2012}}

Jordan was born on 28 January 1963 in the city of Biel/Bienne. He studied economics and business studies at the University of Bern, completing his degree in 1989 and his doctorate in 1993. He wrote a post-doctoral thesis on the subject of European Monetary Union and predicted the sovereign debt crisis and also the bank failures that eventually transpired during three years he spent as a researcher at Harvard University in the United States. He was appointed a lecturer at the University of Bern in 1998 and an honorary professor in 2003.

Jordan joined the Swiss National Bank as an economic advisor in 1997 and progressed through various roles. He joined the governing board as an alternate member in 2004 and became a full member in 2007. He was appointed chairman on 18 April 2012, following the resignation of Philipp Hildebrand from that role.

On 1 March 2024, Jordan announced his resignation in September 2024 as chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank.{{Cite news |date=1 March 2024 |title=Thomas Jordan: SNB-Präsident tritt Ende September zurück |trans-title=Thomas Jordan: SNB Chairman to step down at the end of September |url=https://www.nau.ch/news/schweiz/thomas-jordan-snb-prasident-tritt-ende-september-zuruck-66718122 |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=Nau.ch |language=de}} His successor Martin Schlegel assumed the position on 1 October 2024.{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch |first=S. W. I. |date=26 June 2024 |title=Swiss Pick Insider Schlegel to Lead SNB as Jordan Exits |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-pick-insider-schlegel-to-lead-snb-as-jordan-exits/81874388 |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en-GB}}

Jordan is married and has two sons.{{Cite news |last=Monaghan |first=Angela |date=15 January 2015 |title=Thomas Jordan - 'the most hated man in foreign exchange?' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/15/thomas-jordan-swiss-national-bank-chief-profile |work=The Guardian}}

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