Thomas Östros

Key resources

Vice-President Östros oversees the following areas:

Policy priorities

Energy transition, storage and infrastructure
Health and life sciences

EIB Global: Financing operations in sub-Saharan Africa (jointly with Vice-President Fayolle) and EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland)

Overall responsibility for institutional relations with Austria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden and contribute to business development in the interest of the EIB Group

Internal projects and functions

Relations with the EIB Group Audit Committee
Mutual reliance with other multilateral and national institutions

Inter-institutional relations and external positions

Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Relations with the Nordic Investment Bank
Relations with the Islamic Development Bank
NGOs

Latest news and speeches

12 May 2025

EIB Global and Kenya-based Family Bank team up in €100 million financing deal for country’s women and young entrepreneurs

The European Investment Bank’s development arm (EIB Global) and Kenya-based Family Bank are mobilising €100 million (14.7 billion Kenyan shillings) in financing for businesses, with a focus on women-owned/led enterprises and youth entrepreneurs in the country. EIB Global is providing a €50 million credit line to Family Bank, which will match the sum in an agreement to expand loans for Kenyan small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Mid-Caps.

8 May 2025

Lithuania: EIB to advise on development of military base for NATO troops

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is teaming up with the Lithuanian government to support the development in Lithuania of the Rūdninkai military base, a key project to enhance North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations and regional security. Under an accord signed today in Vilnius, the EIB will provide advisory services to ensure that public-private partnership (PPP) agreements linked to the planned base near the border with Belarus meet market standards and follow best practices.

30 April 2025

Iceland: Sidekick Health Secures €35 Million Venture Debt from EIB to Accelerate R&D and Global Expansion

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Sidekick Health — a global leader in integrated digital health and therapeutics — today announced the signing of a €35 million venture debt facility, backed by a dedicated life science venture debt window of the European Commission’s InvestEU programme. It provides Sidekick with dedicated capital to accelerate R&D activities, expand its digital therapeutics portfolio, enhance AI capabilities, and strengthen its data and platform infrastructure — delivering scalable, secure, and impactful solutions for patients, payers, and pharmaceutical partners worldwide. The agreement represents the EIB Group’s first venture debt transaction in Iceland, where Sidekick is headquartered.

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Thomas Östros
EIB Vice-President
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