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Kris Peeters appointed as new Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
Kris Peeters joins as Vice-President on the EIB’s Management Committee, representing the Benelux countries.
Mr. Peeters will exert oversight on files such as mobility, security and defence, as well as operations in the ASEAN countries.
Kris Peeters has been appointed Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB). He takes up his duties today, assuming the Benelux seat on the EIB’s Management Committee.
The EIB’s Board of Governors appointed Mr Peeters, a Belgian national, on a proposal from the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and with the agreement of the EIB-shareholder constituency the country shares with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.