Giorgio Chiarion Casoni, Director of Directorate L – InvestEU and financial institutions, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission.

Giorgio Chiarion Casoni developed his professional career at the European Commission where he managed financial programmes in support of SMEs before becoming responsible for coordination of the activities of the European Commission with the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other IFIs.

He is currently Director of InvestEU and financial institutions Directorate in the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs.

He is responsible to establish and manage InvestEU, the Union’s flagship investment programme under the current Multiannual Financial Framework. He manages the relationship with implementing partners, including the EIB Group and other multilateral development banks active in the EU as well as national and regional promotional banks and institutions.