Klaus Regling Managing Director European Stability Mechanism
Klaus Regling is 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 is also the CEO of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a position he has held since the creation of the EFSF in June 2010.
Klaus Regling has worked for over 40 years as an economist in senior positions in the public and the private sector in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., including a decade with the IMF in Washington and Jakarta and a decade with the German Ministry of Finance where he prepared Economic and Monetary Union in Europe. From 2001 to 2008, he was Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission.
During 2008-09, he spent a year at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore where he researched financial and monetary integration in Asia. Subsequently, he opened an economic and financial consultancy in Brussels.
Previously, Mr. Regling had gained experience in the private sector as Managing Director of the Moore Capital Strategy Group in London (1999-2001) and as an economist with the German Bankers’ Association. Mr. Regling studied economics at the Universities of Hamburg and Regensburg. Marco Buti Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs European Commission
Marco Buti has been Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission since December 2008, after a 6-month period as acting Director-General.
After studies at the Universities of Florence and Oxford, Mr Buti joined the European Commission in 1987. He held various posts as an economist in DG ECFIN and the Commissioner's cabinet (private office) before taking up a post as an economic adviser to the Commission President in 2002-03. In 2003 he returned to DG ECFIN as Director for the Directorate for economies of the Member States, and in September 2006 was appointed Deputy Director-General.
Mr Buti has been a visiting professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of Florence and the European University Institute, and has published extensively on Economic and Monetary Union, macroeconomic policies, welfare state reforms, and European unemployment.
· December 2008-present
Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
· 2008
Acting Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
· 2006-08
Deputy Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
· 2003-06
Director for the Directorate for economies of the Member States, DG ECFIN
· 2002-03
Economic adviser to the European Commission president Olli Rehn Governor Bank of Finland
Dr Olli Rehn is Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Finland. He has been Governor as of 12 July 2018. Dr Rehn is responsible for monetary policy preparation, domestic economic policy, external communications, international affairs and internal audit. Governor Rehn is a member of the Governing Council of the ECB.
Mr Rehn has held European and international posts for many years. He was Vice-President of the European Commission in 2011–2014. As a Member of the European Commission, he was responsible for Enlargement in 2004–2010 and for Economic and Monetary Affairs in 2010-2014, when his responsibilities included the reform of the rules of Economic and Monetary Union, financial assistance programmes for the distressed countries, and the preparation of stability mechanisms. Mr Rehn represented the European Commission on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, in G7/G20 cooperation and at meetings of the International Monetary Fund in 2010–2014.
Mr Rehn served as Minister of Economic Affairs in Prime Minister Sipilä’s Government in 2015–2016, having been elected Member of Parliament from Helsinki in April 2015. He was a Member of Parliament also in 1991–1995. Mr Rehn was a Member and Vice President of the European Parliament in 2014–2015 and was a member of the first group of Finnish MEPs in 1995–1996.
Mr Rehn holds a degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in international political economy from the University of Oxford (1996). In his doctoral thesis, Mr Rehn analysed corporatism and industrial competitiveness in small European states. Mr Rehn had previously graduated as Master of Social Sciences (Political Science) from the University of Helsinki in 1989.
Mr Rehn’s leisure time interests are football, reading, rock music and jazz.
Mr Rehn was born on 31 March 1962. His family includes his wife Merja and daughter Silva, born in 1998. Fabrice Murtin Head of Well-Being and Household Conditions Section OECD Statistics and Data Directorate
Dr. Fabrice Murtin is a Head of Unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Households Statistics and Progress Measurement Division. He is also an Associate Researcher at Sciences Po Paris. A French national, he holds a PhD from Paris School of Economics, and was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University prior to joining the OECD. His research has focused on well-being measurement, the long-term dynamics of economic development and economic policy. He published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Economic Growth, Economic Policy, European Economic Review or the Review of Economics and Statistics. (last updated 28.09.2018) Vesa Vihriälä Professor of Practice University of Helsinki
Professor of Practice, University of Helsinki 2019-
Born: 1955 Education: D.Soc.Sc. (Econ.), University of Helsinki
Career history
· State Secretary to the Prime Minister, Finnish government 2019–2019
· Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) 2012– 2019
o Managing Director
· European Commission 2010–2012
o Adviser to Vice-President Olli Rehn
· Prime Minister’s Office 2004–2010
o Secretary General of the Economic Council, State Under-Secretary
· Pellervo Economic Research Institute 1997–2004
o Managing Director
· Bank of Finland
o Head of Economics department 1996–1997
o Researcher (doctoral dissertation), Research department 1994–1996
o Head of Financial Markets department 1991–1994
· OECD, Economics and Statistics department 1989–1991
o Economist
· Bank of Finland 1984–1989
· Researcher Marcel Haag Director for Jobs, Growth & Investment, Secretariat General European Commission
Marcel Haag studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Bonn, Strasbourg and at the EUI in Florence and qualified as a judge in Düsseldorf. After a short stint in business he joined the European Commission and worked in different Commission services. He was appointed Head of Unit in the Commission's Secretariat General in 2005 and served as Head of several policy units. He is currently Director of a Directorate for policy coordination in the Secretariat General. Katri Kulmuni Minister of the Economy
Personal details
Minister of Economic Affairs, 6 June 2019 to present Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, 12 September 2019 to present Party Leader, Master of Social Sciences, Member of Parliament Centre Party of Finland Date and place of birth: 4 September 1987 Tornio Place of residence: Tornio
Political career
Minister of Economic Affairs, 6 June 2019 to present Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, 12 September 2019 to present
Centre Party, Party Leader 2019 to present, Deputy Party Leader 2016–2019
Member of Parliament, 2015 to present Parliament workLink to an external website
Tornio Local Council, Member 2013 to present, Chair 2013–2019
Other work experience and societal responsibilities
Tempnor Group Oy, Company Coordinator 2014–2015 Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development 2010–2011
Aleksanteri Institute, Advisory Board, Vice Chair 2016–2019 Finland-Russia Society, Board, Chair 2016–2019 Arctic Society of Finland, Board, Vice Chair 2016–2019 Provincia Bothniensis, Board, Member 2013–2019 Finnish UN Association, Chair 2016–2017 Council of Torniolaakso, Member 2013–2016 European Movement in Finland, Vice Chair 2014–2015 Committee of the Regions, Deputy Member 2014–2015 Sea Lapland Development Center, Regional Council, Chair 2013–2015
Other information
Spouse: Jyrki Peisa Language skills: Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, French Interests: theatre, walking, news and current affairs programmes
Profile
Katri Kulmuni is the Minister of Economic Affairs since June 2019. Minister of Economic Affairs is responsible for matters concerning the Innovations and Enterprise Financing Department and Energy Department. She is also responsible for matters concerning part of the Regions and Growth Services Department. Katri Kulmuni represents the Centre Party and she has been a member of Finnish Parliament since 2015. She acts as a Party Leader of the Centre Party.
She is especially interested in making Finland carbon neutral in a way that supports entrepreneurship and the economic operating conditions of companies. Regional policy and developing the regional equality of Finland are also her areas of expertise. Kulmuni has been interested in international affairs throughout her whole career. She has a master’s degree in Social Sciences. Jyrki Katainen Vice-President European Commission
Finnish nationality. Married with two children.
· Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
2014-present
· Commission Vice-President for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro
July-October 2014
· Prime Minister of Finland
2011-14
· Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
2007-11
· Vice-President of the European People's Party
2006-12 and 2015-present
· President of the Finnish National Coalition Party
2004-14
· Vice-President of the Finnish National Coalition Party
2001-2004
· First Vice-President of the Regional Council of Northern Savonia, Finland
2001-04
· Member of the Finnish Parliament
1999-14
· Vice-President of the Youth of the European People's Party
1998-2000
· Master's degree in Social Sciences
1998 Margarida Marques Vice Chair of the Committee on Budgets European Parliament
Curriculum vitae (The MEP is solely responsible for the information published)
Updated: 21/08/2019
Education (qualifications and diplomas)
· 1971-1976 : Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon) Sciences Faculty – Degree in Mathematics – Statistics
· 1988-1991 : Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon) Faculty of Sciences and Technology – Master’s Degree in Education Sciences
Professional career
· 2005-2011 : Head of the European Commission Representation in Portugal
· 1994-2015 : European Commission official – Directorate-General for Education and Culture and Directorate-General for Communication
· 1988-1992 : Ministry of Education – Deputy Director of the Office for Technological, Arts and Vocational Education
· 1985-1988 : Portuguese Ministry of Education – Ministry of Education Representative on the PETRA Programme Advisory Committee attached to the European Commission and the National Learning Commission
· 1976-1985 : Ministry of Transport official
· 1975-1976 : Secondary school teacher – Escola Secundária Padre António Vieira, Lisbon
· 2004-2011 : ISCTE/IUL (University Institute of Lisbon) - guest lecturer
· 1989-1994 : Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon) Faculty of Sciences and Technology – guest lecturer
· 1983-1989 : Autonomous University – guest lecturer
Political career
Offices held in a political party or national trade union
· 1974-1974 : Founder of Socialist Youth
· 1981-1984 : Secretary-General of Socialist Youth
· 1984-... : Member of the Socialist Party National Bureau Offices held in a national parliament
· 2015-2019 : Member of the Portuguese Parliament: Vice-Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Member of the Budgetary and Administrative Modernisation Committee and of the Temporary Monitoring Committee for the Negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
· 1983-1985 : Member of the Portuguese Parliament:
Offices held in a national government
· 11/2015-07/2017 : Secretary of State for European Affairs
Offices held in the EU institutions
· 2015-2017 : Member of the General Affairs Council, Council of the EU
Other activities
· 2000-2002 : Member of the National Education Council
· 1986-1992 : Member of the Equality Advisory Council
· 2011-2015 : Vice-Chair of the ISCTE/IUL (University Institute of Lisbon) General Council
Honours
· Grand Cross of the Order of Honour – Greece
· Grand Cross of the Order of Merit – Luxembourg
· Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic – Spain
· Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour – France Mika Anttonen Chief Executive Officer St1 Group
Mika Anttonen is founder and Chairman of the Board of Finnish energy company St1. He is also the company’s principal shareholder. He began his career as a private entrepreneur in the fuel trade in 1996 and rapidly built up a diverse energy company, which today pursues its vision to become a leading producer and seller of CO2-aware energy. The company is investing heavily in industrial wind power and renewable energy generation. Antero Vartia Founder of the Compensate Foundation
Experience: Founder, Compensate Foundation Dates Employed: May 2018 – Present Employment Duration: 1 yr 5 mos Location: Helsinki Compensate is a non-profit organization set out to bring people and companies together to stop climate change. We want to work with companies to offer their customers a convenient, trusted and effective way to offset the emissions caused by their purchases. Choosing to offset your carbon emissions should be as easy as paying your VAT.
Founder, Löyly Dates Employed: Jan 2014 – Present Employment Duration: 5 yrs 9 mos One of the world’s greatest places in 2018 by Time Magazine.
Founder, Kaivopuiston Mattolaituri Oy Dates Employed: Jan 2011 – Present Employment Duration: 8 yrs 9 mos
Member of Parliament, Parliament of Finland Dates Employed: Apr 2015 – Apr 2019 Employment Duration: 4 yrs 1 mo
Education:
Helsinki School of Economics Degree Name: Master's degree Field Of Study: Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law Dates attended or expected graduation 2000 – 2007 Jouni Keronen Executive Manager Climate Leadership Coalition
· born 7 January 1960
Current assignments
· Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC)
· Adjunct professor (docent) of Energy markets in the Lappeenranta University of Technology
Earlier assignments
· Vice President, Innovation development, and Chief Information Officer in Fortum Corporation,
· Head of Power Plant Technologies Unit, Imatran Voima Oy, Finland
· Manager and researcher in the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and SRI International, California and VTT, Finland
· Member of the External Advisory Group for EU´s Fifth Energy Research Programme 1998-2002
· Dr. Tech., Electric Engineering, Lic. Tech., Computer Science, M.Sc., Power Plant Eng. and Energy Economics, and MBA.
· Influencer of the year in the energy sector 2011, Finland
· CIO of the Year 2008, Finland