ROBERT DE GROOT
Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Before joining
the European Investment Bank as Vice-President as of 1 February 2024, Robert de
Groot was the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the
European Union from May 2017 to January 2024. After joining the Netherlands’
Foreign Service in 1989, he has held various positions with the Foreign
Ministry, both in The Hague and abroad.
From 2011 to 2016, Robert de Groot was Director-General for European
Cooperation (also during the Dutch European Presidency in 2016). Furthermore,
he was Deputy Director General for Political Affairs from 2008 to 2011,
Director of the Security Policy Department from 2005 to 2008 and Head of the
Bureau of the Secretary General from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, he was the
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Netherlands’ Prime Minister, Mr Wim Kok (within
the Ministry of General Affairs), from 1998 to 2002.
Robert de Groot holds a Master’s Degree in Monetary Economics from the Erasmus
University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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