Thomas Östros

Personal information:

• Swedish, born in January 1965

Career:

• January 2020 – onwards: Vice-President, European Investment Bank
• 2016-2019: Executive Director for Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, International Monetary Fund
• 2015-2016: Alternate Executive Director, Nordic-Baltic Executive Director’s Office, International Monetary Fund
• 2012-2015: Managing Director of the Swedish Bankers’ Association
• 2008-2011: Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industry and Trade, Swedish Parliament
• 2006-2008: Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industry and Trade, Swedish Parliament
• 2004-2006: Minister for Industry and Trade
• 1998-2004: Minister for Education and Science
• 1996-1998: Minister for Fiscal Affairs, Deputy Minister of Finance
• 1995-1996: Special Advisor, Ministry of Finance
• 1995-1996: Board Member, Uppsala County Tax Authority
• 1994-1996: Member of Parliament, Deputy Member of the Committee on Finance and of the Committee on Civil Law legislation, Swedish Parliament
• 1992-1994: Postgraduate studentship, Uppsala University
• 1990-1993: Research Assistant, Trade Union Institute for Economic Research
• 1990: Special Advisor, Ministry of Finance

Education:

• 1994: Fil lic in Economics, Uppsala University
• 1990: Degree in Public Administration, Uppsala University

Additional information:

• 2012-2015: Board member of International Chamber of Commerce, Sweden
• 2011-2015: Member of the Board at SKB – Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management and Co

Last updated: 27 January 2020 (this CV is based on information provided to the EIB by the person concerned)