Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019.
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell is an Austrian economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011. She previously served as vice-governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank from 1998 to 2003. She has been a member of the Council of the University of Leoben.
Edward Scicluna is a Maltese economist and politician. Scicluna assumed the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Malta as from 1st January 2021 for a five-year term.
The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is a special purpose vehicle financed by members of the eurozone to address the European sovereign-debt crisis. It was agreed by the Council of the European Union on 9 May 2010,with the objective of preserving financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to eurozone states in economic difficulty. The Facility's headquarters are in Luxembourg City,as are those of the European Stability Mechanism. Treasury management services and administrative support are provided to the Facility by the European Investment Bank through a service level contract. Since the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism,the activities of the EFSF are carried out by the ESM.
The European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) is an emergency funding programme reliant upon funds raised on the financial markets and guaranteed by the European Commission using the budget of the European Union as collateral. It runs under the supervision of the Commission and aims at preserving financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to member states of the European Union in economic difficulty.
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is an intergovernmental organization located in Luxembourg City,which operates under public international law for all eurozone member states having ratified a special ESM intergovernmental treaty. It was established on 27 September 2012 as a permanent firewall for the eurozone,to safeguard and provide instant access to financial assistance programmes for member states of the eurozone in financial difficulty,with a maximum lending capacity of €500 billion. It has replaced two earlier temporary EU funding programmes:the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM).
Jeroen RenéVictor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and economist serving as Mayor of Eindhoven since 13 September 2022,succeeding John Jorritsma (VVD). A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),he has also been Chairman of the supervisory board of Wageningen University since 1 April 2019.
Jörg Asmussen is a German economist and banker has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of the German Insurance Association (GDV) since 2020.
Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician. Since 2018,he has been Secretary-General of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25),a left-wing pan-European political party he co-founded in 2016. Previously,he was a member of Syriza and was Greece's Minister of Finance between January 2015 and July 2015,negotiating on behalf of the Greek government during the 2009-2018 Greek government-debt crisis.
Harris Georgiades is a Greek Cypriot economist and politician. He was pivotal in the successful implementation of the economic reform plan for Cyprus and its successful conclusion in 2016.
Pier Carlo Padoan is an Italian economist who served as Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy from 2014 to 2018.
Johan Van Overtveldt is a Belgian journalist and politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He served as Minister of Finance of Belgium from 2014 until 2018.
Pierre Gramegna is a Luxembourgish career diplomat and politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) since 2022. He previously,served as Minister for Finances in the government of Prime Minister Xavier Bettel from 2013 to 2022.
Thomas Wieser is an American-Austrian economist working for the European Union. He was the president of Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the EU as well as the president of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG),both advisory bodies of the Eurogroup,until February 2018.
Vilius Šapoka is a former Minister of Finance in Republic of Lithuania.
Giovanni Tria is an Italian economist and university professor who served as the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance in the Conte I Cabinet. He is the current Adviser of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) since 9 March 2021 in the Draghi Cabinet.
João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão is a Portuguese economist,university professor,and politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal,sworn in on 15 June 2020.
GintarėSkaistė (née Šimonytė) is a Lithuanian politician,Member of the Seimas for Panemunėconstituency,economist and PhD of Social Sciences. She was Kaunas City Councillor between 2007 and 2016.
Daniele Franco is an Italian economist,central banker and civil servant who served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mario Draghi from 2021 to 2022. From 2020 until 2021,he served as director-general of the Bank of Italy.
