Born in 1942, Professor Hanke was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2013. He is a Professor of Applied Economics and Founder & Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. Professor Hanke is also a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and is Chairman Emeritus of the Friedberg Mercantile Group, Inc. in Toronto, Canada. His former positions include Professor, Colorado School of Mines; Professor, the University of California, Berkeley; and Senior Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers (Ronald Reagan). He was appointed Chairman of AMG’s Supervisory Board in 2019.