Merete CLAUSEN

Director for Investment, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission

Professional background

• Since January 2022:  Director for Investment (DG GROW)
• 2019-2021:  Head of Unit, Coordination with the EIB Group, EBRD and IFIs (DG ECFIN)
• 2016-2019:  Head of Unit, Financing of Innovation, Competitiveness and Employment Policies (DG ECFIN)
• 2013-2016:  Member of the Legal Service (BUDG team: Budget, Customs, Taxation)
• 2011-2013:  Deputy Head of Unit, Financing of Innovation, Competitiveness and Employment Policies (DG ECFIN)
• 2009-2011:  Deputy Head of Unit, Coordination with the EIB Group, EBRD and IFIs (DG ECFIN)
• 2008-2009:  Team Leader, Financing of climate change, infrastructure policies and Euratom (DG ECFIN)
• 2006-2008:  Legal Officer, Legal Affairs Unit (DG ECFIN)
• 2001-2005:  Legal Reviser/Lawyer-linguist, Danish translation department (European Court of Justice)
• 1998-2001:  Attorney-at-Law, EU and Competition Law (Bech Bruun Law Firm, Kroman Reumert Law Firm)
• 1995-1998:  Assistant Attorney-at-Law (Kammeradvokaten, the Legal Adviser to the Danish Government)

Education

• 1988-1995:  Masters Degree in Law, University of Aarhus