Román Escolano

Román Escolano Olivares (born in Zaragoza, 1965) is a Spanish economist. He was Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain in 2018 for 3 months until the approval of the motion of no-confidence against Rajoy. He was also vice president of the European Investment Bank between 2014 and 2018.

Román Escolano
Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
In office
7 March 2018  1 June 2018
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy
Preceded byLuis de Guindos
Succeeded byNadia Calviño Economy
Reyes Maroto Industry
Vice President of the European Investment Bank
In office
1 September 2014  7 March 2018
Preceded byMagdalena Álvarez
Succeeded byTBD
President of the Official Credit Institute
In office
5 January 2012  29 August 2014
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy
Preceded byJosé María Ayala Vargas
Succeeded byIrene Garrido Valenzuela
Personal details
Born1965 (age 5758)
Zaragoza, Spain
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma materAutonomous University of Madrid

Biography

Born in 1965 in Zaragoza, in northeastern Spain, Escolano worked at the EIB since 2014. At EIB, Escolano was part of the Management Committee, the body responsible for designing the bank's financial and loan policies and managing its daily activity. He was responsible for supervising the operations and activities of the EIB in Spain, Portugal, the Maghreb countries and Latin America. Internally, he monitored different control functions such as Risk Management and the application of best banking practices. He was also the chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Marguerite Fund, a pan-European venture capital fund.[1]

Prior to that, Escolano headed the Spanish Official Credit Institute from 2012 to 2014. He also served as chief economic adviser to the then-Prime-Minister Jose Maria Aznar from 2000 to 2004. He worked in the private sector as Director of Institutional Relations of the BBVA bank.[2]

In March 2018, he was appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness by Prime Minister Rajoy. He was forced out of office after the approval of the motion of no-confidence in the Rajoy's government.

Other activities

European Union organizations

International organizations

Personal life

Escolano is married and has three children.[11][12]

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