ESM - Key Persons
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- Director General of the Treasury
- Member of Risk Committee of the Board of Directors
- President of SGA S.P.a
In addition to his responsibilities at the Ministry, Mr. Rivera is the President of SGA S.p.A, and a member of the Board of Directors of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics.
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- Member of the European Union 's Economic
- Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Finance
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- Deputy Head of Communications and Deputy Chief Spokesperson
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- Minister for the Economy and Finance
- Minister for the Economy in Edouard Philippe
Bruno Le Maire (1969) holds the position of Minister for the Economy in Edouard Philippe's government under Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
He began his career as Foreign Affairs Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he became Strategic Affairs Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, followed by Adviser to the Minister of the Interior in 2004. In 2005, he joined Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, first as an adviser and then as his Chief of Staff from 2006 to 2007.
In June 2007, he was elected as MP for the first constituency of the Eure département. In December 2008, he was named Minister of State for European Affairs in François Fillon's government before being appointed Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in June 2009. He held the latter position until May 2012.
In 2012, he was re-elected as MP. In November 2014, he was candidate for the presidency of the UMP party and took part in the centre-right primary for the French presidential election in November 2016.
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- Secretary General of Spanish Treasury
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- State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance
The Board of Directors is supported by the Risk Committee and by the Budget Review and Compensation Committee.
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- Treasurer
- Treasurer - General at the Ministry of Finance
Christiaan Rebergen (48) is the Treasurer-General at the Dutch Ministry of Finance. He is responsible for financial markets, the Dutch treasury agency, foreign financial relations and Dutch state enterprises.
The Board of Governors meets at least once a year and whenever the affairs of the ESM so require.
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- Chief Risk Officer
- Deputy Managing Director
- Member of the Management Board
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- Minister of Finance and Employment
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- Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson
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- Minister of Economy and Finance
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- General Counsel
- Member of the Management Board
- General Counsel and Management Board Member
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- Alternate Governor
- Director General of the Treasury
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- Economist
- Minister of Finance
Fernando Medina is an economist, with a degree from the Porto School of Economics and a master's degree in Economic Sociology from the University of Lisbon's Institute of Economics and Management.
He was Mayor of Lisbon (2015-2021), Deputy Mayor in charge of Finance (2013-2015) and President of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (2017-2021). Before that, he was a member of the Portuguese Parliament also taking seat on the Budget and Finance Committee and the Committee to Monitor the Economic and Financial Assistance Programme.
Between 2005 and 2011, he served in the Portuguese Government, first as Secretary of State for Employment and Vocational Training for the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity (2005-2009) and, thereafter, as Secretary of State for Industry and Development for the Ministry of Economy (2009-2011). He was also Advisor for Education and for Economic Affairs for Prime Minister António Guterres.
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- Assistant Secretary General, Department of Finance
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- Senior Financial Spokesperson
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- Director General for Economic and Finance, Chairperson of EFSF BoD
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- Secretary of State for Finance
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- Senior Economic Spokesperson
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Management Board
- Chief Financial Officer and Management Board Member
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- State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance
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- Managing Director
- Member of the Management Board
- Managing Director ESM "the ESM in a Deepening EMU" Bank of Spain High - Level Seminar 23 May 2018
The current and first Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism. The Managing Director of the ESM is appointed by the Board of Governors for a renewable term of five years.
Klaus Regling, Managing Director ESM "The ESM in a deepening EMU" Bank of Spain High-Level Seminar 23 May 2018
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- Permanent under - Secretary at the Ministry of Finance
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- Deputy Head of Strategy and Institutional Relations, ESM Speech to Public and External Debt Evaluation Working Group Portuguese Parliament 5 June 2018
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- Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
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- Director of Economic Research and European Union Affairs Directorate
- Head of the Economic Research and European Union
Mr George Panteli is the Head of the Economic Research and European Union Affairs Directorate, of the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus. His main responsibilities include the analysis of macroeconomic developments/economic policy/fiscal and taxation policies and the coordination of issues related to the European Union affairs.
He is the Cypriot representative in the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union and the Euro Working Group of the Euro Group.
Mr Panteli graduated from the Queen Mary University of the University of London in the United Kingdom, in the field of Economics.
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- Deputy Secretary
- Deputy Secretary General for Financial Policy and External Relations
Märten Ross was appointed Deputy Secretary General for Financial Policy and External Relations on 7 October 2013. Mr Ross has had a distinguished career in finance - before joining the Ministry, he served as the Deputy Governor and member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Central Bank of Estonia for over a decade (2000-2011). He also held the position of adviser at the Central Bank of Finland (2011-2013). As the Deputy Governor in the early 2000s Mr Ross was also involved in the process of preparing Estonia for joining the Eurosystem and the euro.
As noted, Mr Ross is a long-standing member of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC), acting as the representative of Estonia in 2004-2011 as well as being the current Estonian member.
Mr Ross graduated with a B.Sc. in economics from the Tallinn University of Technology, and a M.Sc. in banking and finance from the University of Stockholm.
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- Vice - President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation
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- Member of the Management Board
- Secretary General
- Secretary General and Management Board Member
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- Director of Economic and Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance
- Is Director of Economic and Budgetary Affairs at the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance since July 2019
Prior to his current position, he served as head of the fiscal affairs department and worked extensively on economic and financial matters, at both European and national levels. Between 2014 and 2016, he helped setting up Luxembourg's fiscal council as its first secretary general. In addition to his responsibilities at the Ministry, Mr Ahmadzadeh is currently also Chair of the Fonds souverain intergénérationnel du Luxembourg (FSIL) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Luxembourg State Savings Bank (BCEE).
Before joining the Ministry of Finance in 2012, Nima Ahmadzadeh worked in investment banking in London, Zurich and Luxembourg. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Economics and Statistics from the University of Birmingham and a Master of Science in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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- Eurogroup President, Chairperson of the Board of Governors, Minister of Finance
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- Head of Financial Unit at the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the European Union
- Head of the Financial
Peter Paluš serves as the Head of the Financial Unit at the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the European Union and a Member of the EFC (Economic and Financial Committee) and EWG (Eurogroup Working Group). His portfolio includes Financial Services and Financial Stability, Economic Affairs, EU Budget including Multiannual Financial Framework, Taxation and Customs. He is an acting Deputy for the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic at the Eurogroup meetings. Mr. Paluš also represents Slovakia at the Board of Directors of the ESM and EFSF. He was recently elected a member of the ESM Budget Review and Compensation Committee. Prior to that, from 2017 until 2020 (October), he was a member of the ESM Board Risk Committee and the EFSF Audit Committee.
Prior to his current post, from February 2012 until April 2015, Mr Paluš served as a Financial Services Attaché at the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the European Union. Mr Paluš acquired extensive experience in financial sector issues having worked as Chief Supervisor and Principal Regulatory Expert at the Central Bank of Slovakia from 2006 until 2012.
Mr Paluš studied in the Johannes Kepler University in Austria and holds a Master's degree in Investment, Banking & Finance from the University of Economics in Bratislava.
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- Member of the Management Board
- Chief Economist
- Chief Economist and Management Board Member
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Management Board
- Chief Operating Officer and Management Board Member
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- Counselor General, Ministry of Finance