Board Advisory Group on EIB’s Global Operations

The Board Advisory Group gives non-binding opinions to the EIB Board of Directors on financing proposals which concern activities outside the European Union. The Group also advises the Board of Directors on branch strategies, business plans and policies dedicated to EIB Global.

The AG comprises one member and one alternate from each EU Member State, as well as two members and two alternates from the European Commission and the European External Action Service. AG members and alternates are appointed by the Board of Directors based on the nominations made by the Member States, the European Commission and the European External Action Service.

Member	Alternate
Mr. Philippe NIZEYIMANA Advisor MDB Desk– Ministry of Finance of Belgium	Ms. Gaëlle JULLIEN European financial instruments expert – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Development Cooperation of Belgium
Ms. Milena BLAGOEVA Head of European Financial Institutions Division – Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria	Ms. Rositsa DIMITROVA State Expert – Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria
Ms. Denisa TEŠNAROVÁ Expert, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic	Ms. Nikola KONEČNÁ Desk Officer – Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
Ms. Ditte Tøffner HAMBERG Head of Section – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark	Mr. Morten KLINGE Chief Special Advisor – Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs
Mr. Simon AKBAL Policy Advisor – Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany	Mr. Holger MARIENBURG Deputy Head of Division– Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
Ms. Kristiina ABEL Advisor - Ministry of Finance of Estonia	Ms. Riina LAIGO Advisor – Ministry of Finance of Estonia
Ms. Mary KEENEY Assistant Principal Officer – Department of Finance of Ireland	Mr. Stephen O'SHEA Deputy Director – Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Ms. Pavlina SPANOU Deputy Head of International Relations Department – Ministry of Finance of Greece	Mr. Achilleas TZIMAS Official – Ministry of Finance of Greece
Ms. Almudena MARTÍN-GONZÁLES SÁNCHEZ Technical Advisor – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain	Ms. Isabel GARAYO ORBE Alternate Deputy Director General – Ministry of Economic, Trade and Business of Spain
Mr. Emmanuel CHAY Deputy Assistant Director for European Affairs Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty of France.	Mr. Bruno BOSLE Director Mobilisation & International Partnerships Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Ms. Jadranka HAJDINJAK Head of Service for Project and Financial Monitoring – Ministry of Finance of Croatia	Ms. Larisa VUKOJA Senior Advisor, Specialist – Ministry of Finance of Croatia
Mr. Simone BERARDI Advisor – Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy	Mr. Tony PERSICO Advisor – Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy
Mr. Costas CONSTANTINIDES Financial Officer A' – Ministry of Finance of Cyprus	Mr. Pavlos THEODOROU Economic Officer – Ministry of Finance of Cyprus
Ms. Liene VITOLA Head of Division – Ministry of Finance of Latvia	Ms. Inga TOMSONE Financial Analyst – Ministry of Finance of Latvia
Ms. Dovilė JASAITIENĖ Head of Division – Ministry of Finance of Lithuania	Ms. Loreta SADZEVIČIŪTĖ Chief Specialist – Ministry of Finance of Lithuania
Mr. Miguel MARQUES Deputy Director – Ministry of Finance of Luxembourg	Ms. Lisa KERSCH Agente de la coopération – Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defense, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg
Mr. Dániel LISTÁR Head of Unit – Ministry for National Economy of Hungary	Ms. Zsóka PERJÉSI International Expert – Ministry for National Economy of Hungary
Vacant position	Vacant position
Mr. Timo BAKRIN Senior Policy Advisor – Ministry of Finance of Netherlands	Ms. Maya TASELAAR Senior Policy Advisor – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands
Vacant position	Mr. Klaus STEINER Deputy Head of Department – Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria
Mr. Damian SZOSTEK Head of Division – Ministry of Finance of Poland	Ms. Ewa HASNIK Chief expert – Ministry of Finance of Poland
Mr. Filipe CARTAXO Member of the Board of Directors of the EIB	Ms. Rosa Maria Caetano Deputy Director General – Ministry of Finance of Portugal
Ms. Maria-Anca CRAIU Expert – Ministry of Finance of Romania	Ms. Denisa BACIU Counsellor – Ministry of Finance of Romania
Mr. Martin ZDOVC Secretary – Ministry of Finance of Slovenia	Vacant position
Mr. Marek ROCKAR General Counsellor – Ministry of Finance of Slovakia	Ms. Eva HORVÁTHOVÁ General Counsellor– Ministry of Finance of Slovakia
Ms. Kaisa HEIKKILÄ Team Leader - Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland	Ms. Anne af URSIN Financial Counsellor – Ministry of Finance of Finland
Ms. Erika CARLSSON Advisor – Ministry of Finance of Sweden	Ms. Anna RÄÄS Desk Officer – Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Mr. Kay PARPLIES Head of Unit, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission	Ms. Michaela HAUF Team Leader – Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission
Mr. Lukáš VESELÝ Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission	Ms. Saila VALTONEN Adviser – Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Vacant position	Mr Björn KUIL Policy Officer – European External Action Service