Jörg Asmussen: Interview in Il Sole 24 Ore Interview with Mr Jörg Asmussen, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, in Il Sole 24 Ore, conducted by Mr Alessandro Merli and published on 25 October 2013. *  *  *  Why did you choose Italy for your MBA? Not an obvious choice for a German student.
And a very Northern German! I was born just two miles from the Danish border. It was part logic, part gut feeling. The logic was to learn a new language, besides English and French. I thought about going to Spain or Italy. And then the gut feeling said: go to Italy.