Laura PIOVESAN

Is Director General and Deputy Head of the Projects Directorate at the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s long-term financing institution headquartered in Luxembourg. Composed of sector specialists, this directorate is responsible for project appraisal (including technical, economic, environmental, and social issues) and the monitoring of project implementation, as well as for sector studies and policy – including the EIB’s climate, environmental, and social policies. Laura Piovesan is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy. Prior to joining the EIB, she spent eight years at an Italian engineering company, first as Research Scientist and then as Industrial Economist.