Byron HAYNES

Chief Executive Officer, BAWAG P.S.K. AG, Vienna

	BA Hons Accountancy & Finance, University of London
	Qualified and registered member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)
1988-1992	Assistant to Supervisor, KPMG London
1992-1995	Senior Associate to Head of Department, KPMG Budapest
	Partner in investment advisory firm based in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania and Russia
1995-1998	Chief Financial Officer, MeesPierson EurAmerica (MPEAC)
1999-2000	Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Finance Europe, ABN AMRO
	Mergers and Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets business
2000-2003	Chief Operating Officer, Global Corporate Finance, ABN AMRO
	Strategy and Business Development for the Wholesale Bank reporting to the Executive Committee
2003-2005	Managing Director, Head of WCS Strategic Decision Support (SDS)
	Global cash payments and trade finance business created following strategic review
2005	Corporate EVP, Global Chief Operating Officer of Transaction Banking
	Commercial and Retail Business in Europe across 26 countries
2006-2007	Corporate EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Business Unit Europe
	a) Global CFO ABN AMRO (Business acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland)
	b) Corporate EVP, CFO, Business Unit Europe Global
	c) Head of Finance Integration; responsible for all financial activities for businesses acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland from ABN AMRO
2008	ABN AMRO N.V. / Royal Bank of Scotland
2008-2009	Member of the Board of BAWAG PSK, Chief Financial Officer
since 2009	CEO of BAWAG PSK

Mag. MBL-HSG Othmar KARAS

Member, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament, Brussels

	Hochschulen
1996	Universität Wien, Sponsion zum Mag. phil. (Grund- und Integrativwissenschaftliche Fakultät)
1997	Hochschule St.Gallen, Sponsion zum M.B.L. (Postgraduate) (Europäisches und internationales Wirtschaftsrecht)
	Berufliche und politische Funktionen (Auszug)
2013	Donau-Universität Krems, Ehrenprofessor
1979-1981	Politischer Referent der ÖVP
1981-1995	Leitender Angestellter im Banken- und Versicherungssektor
1983-1990	Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat
1995-1999	Generalsekretär der ÖVP
seit 1999	Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments
	Europäisches Parlament
seit 2007	Lektor, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien
1999-2004	Präsidiumsmitglied und Schatzmeister der EVP-Fraktion
2002-2004	Wirtschaftssprecher der EVP-Fraktion
2004-2011	Vizepräsident und Schatzmeister der EVP-Fraktion
seit 2004	Präsident der SME Intergroup
2006-2009	Obmann des ÖVP-Europaklubs
2009-2013	Präsident der Kangaroo Group
seit 2010	Berichterstattung zu Basel III und die Überarbeitung der Richtlinien über Eigenkapitalanforderungen (CRD 4)
seit 2011	Obmann des ÖVP-Europaklubs
2012-2014	Vizepräsident des Europäischen Parlaments

Philippe MAYSTADT

President, EIB - European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

1970-1977	Assistant professor, Catholic University of Louvain
1977-1991	Member, House of Representatives
1979-1980	Secretary of State, Walloon Region in charge of regional economy and urban planning
1980-1981	Minister for Civil Service and Scientific Policy
1981-1985	Minister of Budget, Scientific Policy and Planning
1985-1986	Minister of Economic Affairs
1986-1988	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs
1988-1998	Minister of Finance
since 1989	Part-time professor, Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Louvain
1995-1995	Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade
1995-1998	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade
1997-1998	Chairman, Council of Governors of the EBRD
1998-1999	President, PSC (Parti Social Chrétien)
since 2000	President, European Investment Bank

Mag. Thomas WIESER

Chairman, Eurogroup Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Brussels

1979	Magister in Economics, University of Innsbruck
1980-1981	Fulbright Scholarship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1981-1982	Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
1982-1984	Internationale Bank für Außenhandel
1984-1985	Research Project on Industrial Policy
1985-1989	Economist, EFTA, Geneva
1989-2012	Ministry of Finance; last position held: Director General for Economics Policy and Financial Markets
since 2012	Euro Working Group, Brussels