Isabel RIAÑO

Director of the EIB

Deputy Director for International Financial Institutions

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

Personal information:

Professional career:

From September 2004: Deputy Director for International Financial Institutions.
- Spain's relations and policies with Development Banks, i.e. World Bank, IDB, ADB, AfDB, CABEI, CAF;
- Deputy for Spain at IDA, ADF and AfDF replenishment meetings;
- Establishment and administration of Carbon Funds and Technical Assistance Funds within those Institutions; Development Cooperation Policy
October 1999 - September 2004: Trade Commissioner of Spain in Toronto-Canada.
- Economic and commercial relations between Canada and Spain;
- Promotion of investment and trade;
- Preparation of High Level meetings
July 1996 - 1999: Senior Advisor for International Affairs. Cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Finance of Spain, Rodrigo Rato.
- European issues: Preparation of ECOFIN and European Council Meetings; EBRD and EIB Meetings; Member of the Spanish delegation to those meetings; Follow-up and briefing on European economic and trade issues
- Minister's International agenda: Multilateral issues and meetings: IMF, WB, IDB and other Regional Banks, OECD, WTO; Bilateral Summits: France, Germany, UK, Portugal, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia, etc& Preparation of trips, visits and bilateral contacts in international issues; Preparation of the VP reports to the Spanish and European Parliaments; Speech and article writing
July 1991 - 1996: Advisor, General Directorate for International Economy. Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Consecutively in charge of the EBRD, OECD economic issues, World Bank and IMF

Education:

Summer 1995: Programming and Financial Policy Course, IMF Washington
May 1991: Gained competitive examination to enter the Spanish Civil Serviceas Técnico Comercial y Economista del Estado. Areas of study: microeconomics, macroeconomics, financial economics, international economics, international economic relations, public sector economy, Spanish economy
1984-1989: Bachelor in Economy, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
Bilingual in English and French. Spanish: mother tongue