Marjolin Lectures

The SUERF Marjolin Lecture is delivered by distinguished financial economists, public officials, central bank governors and other leading authorities in the world of finance at SUERF’s invitation.

Robert Marjolin (1911–1986) was one of the most distinguished European economists of his generation and a leading architect of post-war Europe. From 1948 until 1955 he was the first Secretary General of the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Co-operation). This organization was established to channel US Marshall Aid into the reconstruction of Europe. Marjolin was a leading negotiator of the Treaty of Rome for France and Vice President of the European Commission for finance and economics for 10 years. He served as a Professor of Economics at the University of Paris and the University of Nancy, and in the private sector as advisor to leading European and US Companies.