Our research has found that there wasn’t a single central banker in the euro area or the United States who came close to holding as many speeches as you did over the past four years – you could say that’s dedication verging on missionary zeal. But there’s more.
You also made the most of every single trip abroad to engage in dialogue – with colleagues from central banks, with government representatives, diplomats, executives at commercial banks and sometimes students at colleges as well. And what is more, you always kept the door to your network open for your colleagues from the Bundesbank so that they could also tap your valuable contacts.