| Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell | |
| Office: | Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank |
| Term Start: | 1 June 2003 |
| Term End: | 31 May 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Sirkka Hämäläinen |
| Successor: | Peter Praet |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Kapelln, Austria |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party |
| Education: | University of Vienna |
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell (born 11 November 1952 in Kapelln) is an Austrian economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011. She previously served as vice-governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank from 1998 to 2003.[1] She has been a member of the Council of the University of Leoben.
From 1998 until 2003, Tumpel-Gugerell served as vice governor of Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank. During her time as member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Tumpel-Gugerell was responsible for market operations, payment systems and market infrastructure as well as human resources, the budget, and organisation.[2]
Currently, Tumpel-Gugerell is an Emeritus Consultant at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO). From 2013 until 2014, she also served as chairperson of the European Commission's expert group on a debt redemption fund and eurobills; in 2014, she submitted the group's final report to President José Manuel Barroso and Vice-President Olli Rehn.[3] In 2016, the board of the European Stability Mechanism appointed her to assess the financial assistance programmes to Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Cyprus by the ESM and its predecessor, the European Financial Stability Facility; the appointment was made by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the Eurogroup and de facto chairman of the ESM board, in conjunction with Klaus Regling, managing director of the ESM.[4] Tumpel-Gugerell presented her report in June 2017.[5]
In 2018, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde appointed Tumpel-Gugerell to the External Advisory Group on Surveillance, a group mandated to review the Fund's operational priorities through 2025.[6]
Tumpel-Gugerell is aligned with the Social Democrats (SPÖ).[7]