Peter Birch Sorensen is Chief Economist of the Danish central bank and a former Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. From 2004 through 2009 he was Chairman of the Danish Economic Council, and he has served as a consultant on tax policy for the OECD, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. Hans Jorgen Whitta-Jacobsen is Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and Chairman of the Danish Economic Council.
He has served as a consultant for the Danish government on tax reform and as a reporter on economic issues for the main Danish public service Tv channel.