Jozef Makúch

doc. Ing. Jozef Makúch, CSc. serves as a hosted professor at the Department of Banking and International Finance within the Faculty of Economics and Finance at the University of Economics in Bratislava. His distinguished career spans central banking leadership as Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (1993-2000, 2006-2019) and Chairman of the Financial Market Authority (2000-2006), alongside decades of academic contributions.

His educational credentials include:

• Second degree in Finance (1976) from the University of Economics in Bratislava
• Third degree in Finance (1985) from the University of Economics in Bratislava
• Associate professor degree in Finance (1989) from the University of Economics in Bratislava

Makúch's research centers on Banking, International Finance, and Monetary Policy, with significant contributions to financial regulation frameworks and structural economic reforms in transition economies. His work bridges central banking practice with academic scholarship, particularly focusing on crisis impacts in Visegrád Group nations and Eurozone integration challenges.

Recent publications (2016-2018) reveal concentrated expertise in European banking union mechanisms, monetary policy transmission in constrained environments, and post-crisis structural adjustments. These works demonstrate consistent thematic focus on institutional responses to financial instability and sovereignty challenges in small open economies.

He has supervised 2 Bachelor's, 53 Diploma, and 14 Dissertation theses while leading the VEGA research project 'Countercyclical Instruments of Banking Regulation in the Eurozone' (2021-2023), which evaluates regulatory effectiveness in mitigating economic imbalances across euro area member states.