Mr Wiebe Ruttenberg | Head Market Integration Division
The European Central Bank

Wiebe Ruttenberg (The Netherlands, 1967) started his career in 1994 as a Policy Advisor to the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands on Energy, Telecom and Infrastructure Issues. In 1999 he joined De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) to become Project Secretary for the National 2002 Euro Change Over Project. After finalisation of the euro change over he became Head of the Payments Policy Department at DNB. Since March 2006, Wiebe Ruttenberg has been Head of the Market Integration Division at the European Central Bank (ECB), dealing with – among others – issues on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). He also chairs the Payment Systems Policy Working Group of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).