Mary McCarthy

Mrs. McCarthy is an Irish citizen who, after completing her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Ireland, received the Ph.D. in Economics from New York University in 1985. Since 1991, she has served as an Administrator, Head of Unit, and Economic Adviser in the Commission’s directorate for economics and finance. She has worked extensively on European monetary issues, Economic and Monetary Union, the euro, and coordination of economic and monetary policy among the member states. While at Yale, she conducted research on the topic of convergence of the economies of the Central and Eastern European member states of the EU and their prospects for membership in the euro area.