Vice-President Kakouris' areas of oversight include the cohesion policy; financing of economic and social cohesion; advisory services (EIAH and JASPERS); IT and data governance; EIB Global (pre-accession policy and the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF); development policy remains with Vice-President Fayolle and Vice-President Östros); financing operations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Western Balkans. Vice-President Kakouris is Alternate Governor of the EBRD and oversees future relationship with the United Kingdom, relations with the Vienna Initiative, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) and the Strategy for the Danube region.
Czech e-grocery business Rohlik gets €90 million EIB loan for growth
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €90 million to Rohlik, a leading Czech e-grocery business that operates across central and eastern Europe, to bolster the company’s digital advances and growth prospects.