Responsibilities

• General strategy
• Institutional matters, relations with other European institutions
• Reporting from Inspector General, Financial Controller and Chief Compliance Officer
• Human resources
• Internal communication
• Equal opportunities policy; Chairman of Joint Committee on Equal Opportunities (COPEC)
• Chairman of EIF Board of Directors
• Chairman of Budget Committee

Curriculum Vitae

• Professor at Catholic University of Louvain (since 1989)
• Chairman of the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund (1993-1998)
• Governor of the EIB (1988-1998)
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade (1996-1998)
• Minister of Finance (1988-1995)
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs (1985-1988)
• Minister for the Budget, Scientific Policy and Planning (1981-1985)
• Minister for the Civil Service and Scientific Planning (1980-1981)
• Chairman of the Social Christian Party (PSC) in 1998
• Member of Parliament (1977-1991 and 1995-1999), then Senator (1991-1995 and as from 1999)
• Assistant professor at Catholic University of Louvain (1970-1977)

• Ph.D in Law (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
• Masters Degree in Public Administration (Claremont Graduate School, Los Angeles, USA)