Ardo Hansson
Curriculum Vitae
Date and place of birth: 15 July 1958, Chicago
Marital status: married, two sons
Education:
- 1982-1987 Harvard University (USA), MA, PhD in Economics
- 1976-1980 University of British Columbia (Canada), BA in Economics (First Class Honours)
- Semiahmoo Senior Secondary School (Canada)
Professional experience:
- 2012-2019 Eesti Pank, Governor
- 2008-2012 World Bank, Chief of Economic Policy Unit in China
- 2003-2008 World Bank, Lead Economist for the Western Balkans
- 2002-2003 World Bank, Lead Economist for Serbia and Montenegro
- 2000-2002 World Bank, Senior Economist for Yugoslavia
- 1999-2000 World Bank, Senior Economist for Lithuania
- 1998-1999 World Bank, Economist for Poland and the Baltic States
- 1993-1998 Member of the Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank
- 1997 Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
- 1992-1996 Stockholm School of Economics, Research Fellow
- 1992-1994 Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
- 1992 Member of the Monetary Reform Committee of the Republic of Estonia
- 1990-1992 United Nations University, WIDER Institute / Jeffrey D. Sachs and Associates, Research Fellow
- 1987-1990 University of British Columbia, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor
- 1984-1987 Harvard University, Research Assistant
- 1980-1982 University of British Columbia, Research Assistant
Other positions:
- 1997 Member of the Board of Estonian Railways
- 1990-1996 short-term economic adviser to the governments and central banks of Poland, Slovenia, Mongolia and Ukraine
- 1993-1994 Council of the Baltic Sea States, Head of the Working Group on Economic Cooperation
- 1991-1992 Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Awards:
- Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2013)
- 3rd class Order of the White Star (1998)
- Luup magazine Person of the Year (1997)
Languages: Estonian and English, some French and Swedish