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Carsten Brzeski (4 June 1971, Berlin) is an economist and former international rower and rowing coach.

Carsten Brzeski is currently the Chief Economist of ING-DiBa ING Group and a well-known and often referred to expert on macro-economic and financial issues. Since the start of the Great Recession, Brzeski has been a prominent commentator and analyst on the Euro crisis.

Brzeski joined ING in Brussels, where he lived for more than ten years. Prior to working at ING, Brzeski worked at the European Commission, the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlans and ABN Amro. He studied in Berlin, Boston and Cambridge, USA.

Rowing

In the early 1990s, Brzeski was member of the German rowing national team. He was world champion and runner-up at the U23 World Championships in 1992 and 1993. In the early 2000s, he served as the Headcoach of the lightweight division of Skoll Amsterdam and also coached several members of the Dutch national rowing team, with victories at national and international championships.

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