Background
Halberstadt, Victor was born on June 16, 1939 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Louis and Judith L. (Van Naarden) Halberstadt.
Halberstadt, Victor was born on June 16, 1939 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Son of Louis and Judith L. (Van Naarden) Halberstadt.
Doctor in Economics, University Amsterdam, 1964.
From 1965 to 1974, Halberstadt was a Senior Lecturer of Public Sector Finance at the University of Amsterdam. From 1971 to 1973 he was an adviser of the Directorate-General of the National Budget of the Dutch Ministry of Finance. On September 9, 1974, he was appointed Professor of Public Sector Finance of the University of Leiden.
In October 1981, he was along with economist Cees de Galan appointed an informer to mediate the 1981 Dutch Cabinet crisis.
Halberstadt has held several positions, including Crown Member of the Social-Economic Council (1972–2004), Honorary Secretary-General of the Bilderberg Group (1980–2000), President of the International Institute of Public Finance (1987–1990), Director of Concertgebouw (1988–2011), Member of the Faculty of the World Economic Forum (since 1990), Member of the International Advisory Board of Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated (since 1991), Chairman of the Daimler-Chrysler International Advisory Board (1995–2005), Member of the Board of Trustees of De Nederlandse Opera (since 2003), Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (since 2005), and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Boekman Foundation (since 2009). He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.
Married hockey club Freud, June 6, 1969 (divorced April 1988). Children: Yuri, Jutka.