1. Curriculum Vitae

Personal information:

• Born in A Coruña, Spain (1968)

Career:

• Since June 2018
• GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN
  • First Vice-President & Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise (since November 2023)
  • First Vice-President & Minister for Economy and Digitalisation (July 2021 – November 2023)
  • Second Vice-President of Spain (March – July 2021) Third Vice-President of Spain (January 2020 – March 2021)
  • Minister for Economy and Business of Spain (June 2018 – January 2020)
  • Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the International Monetary Fund (since December 2021)
  • Governor for Spain at European Investment Bank Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Stability Mechanism, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Development Bank of Latin America, Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank.
  • Chair of National Macro-prudential Authority (AMCESFI).
  • Competent Minister for National Development Bank (Instituto de Crédito Oficial), National Bank Resolution Authority (Fondo de Reorganización Ordenada Bancaria), Capital Markets Supervisor (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores), Bank and Capital Markets Regulator (Secretaría General del Tesoro y Política Financiera), Insurance Regulator and Supervisor (Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones).
• September 2006 – June 2018
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION
  • Director General
  • DG BUDGET (May 2014 – June 2018)
  • Deputy Director-General for Financial Regulation
  • DG Internal Market and Services (Nov. 2010 – May 2014)
  • Deputy Director-General for Mergers and Antitrust
  • D.G. Competition (September 2006 – November 2010)
• 1994 – September 2006
• MINISTRY FOR ECONOMY AND FINANCE OF SPAIN
  • ​​​​​​​Director General for Competition (May 2004 – September 2006)
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Deputy Director General for Mergers (June 2001 – May 2004)
  • Deputy Director General Legal Service & Institutional Relations – DG Competition (July 2000 – June 2001)
  • Head of Cabinet DG Trade Policy & Foreign Investment (1999 – 2000)
  • Deputy Director of Macroeconomic Analysis & Forecast (1998 – 1999)
  • Senior Antitrust Case Handler & EU Affairs – DG Competition (1996 – 1998)
  • Head of Service Macroeconomic Analysis Labour Market & Prices (1994 – 1996)
• 1991 – 1994
  • Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid Teaching Economic Policy and the Spanish Financial System

Academic background:

• GRADUATE IN ECONOMICS (1991) - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• GRADUATE IN LAW (2001) - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain
• TÉCNICO COMERCIAL Y ECONOMISTA DEL ESTADO (1994) - Senior corps of the Spanish civil service specialising in economic policy and trade.

Language skills:

Spanish (native speaker) English and French (bilingual) German (advanced user)

Main honours and publications:

• Foreign Policy Association Medal (2023) – US Foreign Policy Association
• Gran Cruz De La Órden De Boyacá (Colombia) (2023)
• Gran Cruz De Primera Clase (Alemania) (2022)
• Gran Cruz De La Órden Al Mérito De La República Italiana (2021)
• Women And Technology Award (2021) – Orange Foundation
• Master Of Digital Award (2021) – Digital Europe
• Fernandez Latorre Journalism Prize (2020) – Voz De Galicia Journal
• Encomienda De La Orden Del Mérito Civil (2015)
• Premio “Mujer Lider” (2012) – Escuela Negocios Aliter, Fundación Rafael Del Pino Y Merck España
• Premio “Public Sector Lawyer Of The Year” (2007) – Revista Iberian Lawyer

Ms Calviño has contributed to various manuals and frequently publishes articles in her areas of expertise.

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Last updated: 01 January 2024 (this CV is based on information provided to the EIB by the person concerned)

2. Areas of oversight & declaration of interest

President Nadia Calviño is the head of the European Investment Bank Group.

President Calviño was appointed on 21 December 2023 for a six-year mandate starting on 1 January 2024 by the EIB Board of Governors, composed of the economy and finance ministers designated by the Member States.

The President chairs the Management Committee of the EIB and staff of the Bank are under her authority. The Management Committee also includes 8 Vice-Presidents, appointed by the Bank’s Governors. Vice-Presidents have oversight for specific areas and policies of the EIB Group. Under the authority of the President and the supervision of the Board of Directors, the Management Committee oversees the day-to-day running of the EIB, prepares decisions for Directors and ensures that these are implemented.

The President also chairs the Board of the European Investment Bank, comprising the Directors representing the 27 shareholders and independent experts. Additionally, she currently chairs the Board of the risk finance subsidiary of the EIB Group: the European Investment Fund (EIF).

She represents the European Investment Bank at the ECOFIN Council of Ministers and leads relations with European and international institutions and fora.

At its meeting in June 2024, the Board of Governors endorsed the President’s strategic vision for the EIB Group to enhance its contribution to European policies focusing on eight core policy priorities:

• consolidating the climate bank
• accelerating technological innovation and digitalisation
• stepping up investment in security and defence
• contributing to modern cohesion policy
• developing innovative financing for agriculture and the bioeconomy
• gearing up investment in social infrastructure
• pioneering the Capital Markets Union
• focusing activities outside the European Union on Ukraine, a successful enlargement process and the Global Gateway strategy for the rest of the world

The President also has special oversight of the following areas and priority projects:

Policy priorities

• Capital Markets Union
• EIB Global

Internal projects and functions

• Secretariat General
• Human Resources
• Risk Management, compliance and control functions
• Boosting EIB-EIF synergies

Inter-institutional relations and external positions

• EU Institutions
• European Central Bank and European Stability Mechanism
• G20, G7, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank

Overall responsibility for institutional relations with Spain and Portugal and contribution to business development in the interest of the EIB Group