Sylvester Eijffinger is Professor of Financial Economics at Tilburg University, President of the Tilburg University Society, and was a Visiting Professor of Economics at Harvard University in Cambridge. He held, amongst others, Visiting Professorships at the University of Johannesburg, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, and the University of Munich. Professor Eijffinger has a keen interest in monetary and fiscal policy and European economic and financial integration.