Jesper Berg

Jesper Berg joined the Danish FSA as Director General in October 2015. From 2010 to 2015 he was a member of the Executive Board at Nykredit Bank, a part of the Nykredit Group, which is the largest lender in Denmark. He was also responsible for regulatory affairs and ratings at the Group level.

Jesper Berg has previously held positions as Head of Financial Stability, Head of Market Operations and Head of Payment Systems at the Danish Central Bank. He also served as Head of the Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division at the European Central Bank from 2000 to 2004 and was earlier economist at IMF’s Exchange and Trade Relations Department.

Jesper Berg is MSc in Economics and Management from the University of Copenhagen and has an MBA from IMD. He is an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School. He has written extensively on financial issues, and was the co-author of ‘Finansernes Fald’, a book about the financial crisis, which was published in 2009.

Experience

• Director General
  Finanstilsynet

• Bestyrelsesmedlem
  Nationaløkonomisk Forening

• Bestyrelsesmedlem
  Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab

• Bestyrelsesmedlem
  Finansforeningen/CFA Society Denmark

• Adjunct Professor of Finance
  Copenhagen Business School

• Nykredit
  Managing Director
  Head of Regulatory Affairs and Ratings

• Danish Central Bank
  Director (Financial Stability)
  Head of Market Operations

• Head of Division, Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division
  European Central Bank

• Danish Central Bank
  Head of Payment Systems
  Prokurist i Pengepolitisk Kontor

• Economist at Exchange and Trade Relations Department
  International Monetary Fund

• Economist
  Danish Central Bank

• Financial Planner
  IBM

Education

• IMD Business School
  MBA

• University of Copenhagen
  MSc, Economics and Management