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Brigita Schmögnerová, Vice President for Environment, Procurement and Administration

Brigita Schmögnerová joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on 1 September 2005.

As Vice President for Environment, Procurement and Administration, Ms. Schmögnerová is a member of the Executive Committee, has overall responsibility for the formulation and delivery of the Bank’s policies regarding environment and sustainability, procurement and purchasing activities, and the management of the Bank’s properties and facilities. In addition, the Vice President also assists in policy dialogue with our countries of operation.

Ms. Schmögnerová was born in Bratislava, Slovak Republic in 1947. She completed her university studies, earning her PhD degree from the School of Economics in Bratislava. She pursued professional training at the University of Athens and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Ms. Schmögnerová worked as a researcher in the Institute of Economics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and as a lecturer at the University of Economics, Bratislava.

Ms. Schmögnerová served as economic adviser to the President of the Slovak Republic (1993), Deputy Prime Minister (1994), Member of Parliament (1995-1998) and Finance Minister (1998-2002). On 28 February 2002, Ms. Schmögnerová was appointed as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), at the Under-Secretary-General level.

In 2000 Ms. Schmögnerová was awarded the World Finance Minister of the Year Award by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, which cited her courage in implementing important reforms in the banking sector, macroeconomic stabilization programmes, tax administration and fiscal management.

In her capacity as a Governor or alternate Governor, Ms. Schmögnerová worked closely with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She also contributed to the Slovak membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2000) and acceleration of the Slovak pre-accession process to the European Union.

Ms. Schmögnerová has published numerous articles in the fields of econometrics, privatization and transition. She has also written books of poetry and essays.