Elga Bartsch

Elga is Morgan Stanley’s Chief European Economist and co-heads the global economics team. The main focus of her research is Europe, especially the euro area and the monetary policy of the European Central Bank. Elga is also a member of the ECB Shadow Council and a trustee of the Ifo Institute. Elga joined Morgan Stanley in September 1997 from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, a large German economic think-tank. At the Kiel Institute, Elga worked as a research associate in the President's Office between 1992 and 1997 and, amongst other things, was responsible for managing The Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research, a post-graduate programme in international macroeconomics. Having studied at the University of Hannover and the London School of Economics, Elga received a degree in Economics from Kiel University where she graduated top of her class. Subsequently, she completed a Ph.D. in Economics at the Kiel Institute.