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Alicia VARELA

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Alternate on the EIB's Board of Directors

Deputy Director for European Financial Institutions

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  • +34 91 583 58 37

Curriculum Vitae

This CV is based on information provided to the EIB by the person concerned.

Personal information:

  • Spanish

Professional career:

  • From September 2006: Deputy Director General for European Financial Institutions.
    • Spain's relations and policies with the European Financial Institutions (EIB, EBRD and CEB);
    • Formulation of Spain's position in relation to EU financial policies within the EU and with partner countries;
    • In charge of defining Spanish position on the new financial instruments for development in relation to the EU Cooperation Policy
    • Representation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in EU Council working groups: CODEV, ACP, MAGREB-MASHREK, COWEB and COEST
  • September 2004 - September 2006: Senior Advisor, European Financial Institutions Directorate, Ministry of Economy and Finance.
    • European's financial relations with ACP countries;
    • Spanish representative in the EDF Committee and in the Cotonou Investment Facility Committee;
    • Establishment of the EIB-EBRD Multilateral Credit Carbon Fund (MCCF) and of the Spanish contribution to the International Financial Facility for Immunization (IFFIm)
  • September 1999 - September 2004: Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Spain in Lagos (Nigeria).
    • Economic and commercial relations between Spain and nine countries of West Africa: Nigeria, Benin,Togo, Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Central African Republic;
    • Promotion of investment and trade;
    • Preparation of High Level meetings
  • September 1996 - September 1999: Senior Advisor, Directorate of Trade and Investment Policy with Latin-America and ACP countries, Ministry of Economy.
    • Spain's bilateral relations with ACP: negotiation and implementation of bilateral financial programs; negotiation of investment promotion agreements
  • September 1994 - September 1996: Advisor, Directorate of Trade Policy with Latin-America and ACP countries, Ministry of Trade.
    • Follow up of EU Trade Policy with Latin-America, ACP countries and South Africa
  • September 1992 - September 1994: Advisor, Foodstuff Promotion Department, ICEX (Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade).
    • Organisation of trade fairs abroad and export consortiums for export promotion of Spanish firms of the Food sector

Education:

  • March 1992: Gained State exam to enter the Spanish Civil Services Técnico Comercial y Economista del Estado. Areas of study: microeconomics, macroeconomics, financial economics, international economics, international economic relations, public sector economy, Spanish economy
  • 1985-1990: Bachelor in Business Administration. CUNEL (Centro Universitario de Estudios Financieros)
  • Fluent in English and French. Spanish: mother tongue