Luděk Niedermayer was born on 13 March 1966 in Brno, Czech Republic. In 1989 he graduated in Theoretical Cybernetics, Mathematical Informatics and Systems Theory at the Faculty of Science at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Brno (now Masaryk University) and holds RNDr. degree.
In 1991 he joined the Czech National Bank where he worked for 17 years in area of financial markets and monetary policy. He served twice at the Bank Board (8 years in a position of Vice-governor). From 2008 to 2014 he was a Director of Consulting Department in Deloitte.
During his work he cooperated with IMF, IBRD or BIS on several projects and working groups, contributed to publications on reserve management, risk management and monetary policy. He publishes regularly economics articles in press and cooperates with the non-profit sector. He is a member of Advisory board of Central banking publications and leads training programs for central bankers.
In 2014 he was elected as a Member of European Parliament where he acts as a full member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
Luděk Niedermayer lives near Prague, is married and has three children.
