Lex Hoogduin is professor of complexity and uncertainty in financial markets and financial institutions at Groningen University. In addition he is chairman of LCH.Clearnet Group and LCH.Clearnet Ltd. LCH.Clearnet is an international clearing house, based in London, Paris and New York.

During his career Lex has spent several periods at the Dutch Central Bank, in the last period from 2009-2011 as a member of the executive board. He has also been head of the research department and monetary and economic policy department. He has been the project leader of the merger of the Dutch central bank and the Dutch pension funds and insurance companies supervisor.

From 1997-2001 Lex was advisor to Wim Duisenberg, the first president of the  European Central Bank. From 2005-2009, he was chief economist of Robeco (an asset manager) and head of IRIS, the joint retail investment research company of Robeco and Rabobank.