Rektor (President), Universität Mannheim, 2012 -
Director, Graduate School in the Economic and Social Sciences, Universität Mannheim, 2006 - 2011
Member, Universitätsrat (University Supervisory Board), University of Mannheim, 2008 - 2012
Research Director, National Center of Competence in Research “FinRisk”, Switzerland, 2002-2004
Scientist in Charge, Research and Training Network "Understanding Financial Architecture", Center for Economic Policy Research (London) and European Union, 1999-2004
Steering Committee European Summer Symposia on Financial Markets, Gerzensee
Steering Committee ECB-CFS Network on “Capital Markets and Financial Integration in Europe”
Panel Member "Economics, Finance, and Management", European Research Council, 2010 –
University Representative, Heinrich-Böll Stiftung, 2007-2011
Program Chair, Econometric Society European Meeting, Oslo 2011
Scientific Council, FAME, Lausanne and Geneva (2001-2004)
Scientific Council, Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt
Scientific Board, European Corporate Governance Network, Brussels
Scientific Board, EuroMTS, London (2001 - 2009)
Advisory Board, Carl-Melchior Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Advisory Committee, Lamfalussy Fellowship Program, European Central Bank
Supervisory Board, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1998 - 2000
Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2001 - 2004
Managing Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2004 - 2008
Associate Editor, Review of Economic Studies, 1995 - 2001
Associate Editor, International Journal of Central Banking, 2009 -
Member, Advisory Board of European Economic Abstracts
Member, Editorial Board, www.bepress.com