Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther has been Director and Member of the Presidium of the German Economic Institute since July 2004. He studied economics as well as medieval and modern history from 1982 to 1987 at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen. Upon completion of his doctorate in economics, in 1991 he became a member of the scientific staff of the Council of Experts for the Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development. In 1995 he was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers. In 1999, he joined DekaBank as chief economist and in 2001 additionally as Division Manger of economics and communication.
Since August 2001, Prof. Hüther is Honorary Professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel.
In the academic year 2016-2017 and in autumn 2019, he was Gerda Henkel Adjunct Professor in the Department of German Studies at Stanford University.