The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states. It is the largest multilateral financial institution in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions companies and projects that achieve the policy aims of the European Union through loans,equity and guarantees.
Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011,being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession,he was a member of the Bundestag from 1996 to 2013.
Günter Verheugen is a German politician who served as European Commissioner for Enlargement from 1999 to 2004,and then as European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry from 2004 to 2010. He was also one of five vice presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. After his retirement,he is now honorary Professor at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).
Klaus Kinkel was a German statesman,civil servant,diplomat and lawyer who served as the minister of Foreign affairs (1992–1998) and the vice chancellor of Germany (1993–1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl.
Alexander Sebastian Léonce von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff,commonly known as Alexander Graf Lambsdorff is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP),part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe,who has been serving as the German ambassador to Russia since 2023.
Philippe M.P.J. Maystadt was a Belgian politician who served as Minister for Economic Affairs,Minister of Finance,and Deputy Prime Minister. He was President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011.
Wolfgang Gerhardt was a German politician and the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001.
Cornelia Pieper is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). She currently serves as German consul general in Gdańsk,Poland.
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. Within the FDP,she is a leading figure of the social-liberal wing. She served as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 1992 to 1996 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl and again in the second Merkel cabinet from 2009 to 2013. In 2013,the new German government announced Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger's candidacy for the office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Christian Wolfgang Lindner is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who was the Federal Minister of Finance from 8 December 2021 to 7 November 2024. On 6 November 2024,Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz removed Lindner from his position,Scholz’s reasoning being that a joined coalition proved impossible. Lindner has been the party leader of the FDP since 2013 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017,previously holding a seat from 2009 until 2012.
Andreas Pinkwart is a German politician and academic who served as State Minister for Economic Affairs,Digitization,Innovation and Energy in the governments of Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022 and as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Innovation,Technology and Research from 2005 to 2010. He previously was the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.
Michael Georg Link is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2013 and again since 2017. In addition to his parliamentary mandate,he has been serving as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2022.
Nicola Beer is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a vice president of the European Investment Bank since 2024,under the leadership of president Nadia Calviño.
Matthias Kollatz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as State Minister of Finance in the government of Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin from 2014 to 2021.
Irmgard Schwaetzer is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a Protestant church official. From 2013 to 2021,she chaired the Synod of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD). She is the central founding figure,as well as honorary chairwoman,of the Liberal Women.
Bijan Djir-Sarai is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 until 2013 and since 2017.
Bernd Reuther is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
Florian Toncar is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 until 2013 and since 2017. He served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 until November 2024.
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.
Michael Stübgen is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of the Interior and for Local Affairs in the cabinet of Minister-President of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke since 2019. He previously served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg from 1990 till 2019.
