Peter Wierts is senior economist at the Dutch central bank (DNB) and associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Over the past years, his work has focused on developing macro-prudential policy, both at DNB and internationally. This includes the development of financial stability mandates, macro-prudential instruments and the policy framework. He is a member of the Instruments Working Group of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and a lead author of the 2014 ESRB Flagship report on macro-prudential policy. He earned his PhD in economics at the University of Reading.

Previously, Peter worked for the ESRB (short-term secondment, 2013), the European Commission (DG ECFIN; 2002-2005) and the Dutch Ministry of Finance (1996-2002). His publications appear in policy oriented journals such as Economic Policy, International Journal of Central Banking, European Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Common Market Studies.