Thomas Mirow Explained

Thomas Mirow (born 6 January 1953) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2008 to 2012.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Early life and education

Mirow was born and raised in Paris, where his father was Germany's representative at the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC). He wrote his doctoral thesis on Charles De Gaulle’s foreign policy.[6]

Career

Career in state politics

From 1991 until 1997, Mirow held various positions in the state government of Mayor Henning Voscherau of Hamburg, including as State Minister and Head of the Chancellery (1991-1993) and as State Minister for Urban Development and Head of the Chancellery (1993-1997). He later served as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Mayor Ortwin Runde from 1997 until 2001.

Career in the private sector

Between 2002 and 2005, Mirow worked as advisor to Ernst & Young and M. M. Warburg & Co. In 2004, he was a member of the European Commission’s High-level Group on the Mid-Term Review of the Lisbon Strategy, chaired by former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Wim Kok.[7]

In the 2004 state elections, Mirow was the Social Democrats' candidate to unseat incumbent Mayor Ole von Beust.

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, 2005-2008

From 2005 until 2008, Mirow served as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance under Minister Peer Steinbrück in the first coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2008-2012

At the 2008 annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Kyiv, Mirow was selected to replace Jean Lemierre; he had previously been nominated by a majority of EU Member States.[8] He was the second German to head the EBRD.[9]

During Mirow's tenure, the EBRD made efforts to tackle endemic corruption in the bank's area of operations. In 2011, it lifted the immunity of four Russian officials, including Yelena Kotova, Moscow's representative on the bank's board, to facilitate criminal probes by British police and the Russian authorities.[10]

Also, Mirow focused the bank's activities on Russia, the Balkans and Central Asia.[11]

By the end of his term in 2012, Mirow was formally proposed by Russia and Bulgaria for another four years in office.[12] He campaigned for his re-appointment without Germany's backing in a five-candidate race after the European Union failed to agree a consensus candidate; he was eventually replaced by Suma Chakrabarti.[13]

In 2012, Mirow joined the faculty of Hertie School of Governance as Senior Fellow.[14]

Other activities

International organizations

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Mirow . Thomas Mirow: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek . Bloomberg.com . 2016-04-30.
  2. Web site: Thomas Mirow joins Rothschild Group as Senior Advisor . Rothschild.com . 2013-02-01 . 2016-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160212005713/https://www.rothschild.com/NewsPopup.aspx?Id=2147486633 . 2016-02-12 .
  3. Web site: HSH Nordbank AG | Thomas Mirow takes over chairmanship of the HSH Nordbank Supervisory Board . Hsh-nordbank.com . 2013-02-28 . 2016-04-30.
  4. Web site: Thomas Mirow: "In Hamburg ist man immer unter Druck" - DIE WELT . Welt.de . 1970-01-01 . 2016-04-30.
  5. News: Finanzindustrie: HSH Nordbank macht Thomas Mirow zum Chef des Aufsichtsrats | ZEIT ONLINE . Die Zeit . 2013-01-11 . 2016-04-30.
  6. Tim Jones (June 11, 2008), Germany’s bargain banker European Voice.
  7. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-04-518_en.htm?locale=en President Prodi and Mr Wim Kok announce the establishment of the High-level Group on the Lisbon Strategy
  8. Stefan Wagstyl (March 19, 2008), Succession row casts shadow over EBRD Financial Times.
  9. http://www.dw.com/en/german-named-new-european-development-bank-president/a-3346034 German Named New European Development Bank President
  10. Sujata Rao (January 21, 2011), EBRD chief laments corruption after director fired Reuters.
  11. Katrin Bennhold and Alison Smale (July 5, 2008), New Head of Development Bank Puts Focus on Russia New York Times.
  12. Clare Kane (May 11, 2012), EBRD presidents past, present and, possibly, future Reuters.
  13. Carolyn Cohn and Drazen Jorgic (May 18, 2012), Briton wins EBRD presidency for first time Reuters.
  14. https://www.hertie-school.org/en/debate/detail/content/ehemaliger-ebrd-praesident-thomas-mirow-neues-fakultaetsmitglied-der-hertie-school/ Former EBRD President Thomas Mirow joins the Hertie School faculty
  15. https://www.200.com/downloads/research/annual/ar05a.pdf 2005 Annual Report
  16. https://www.baiterek.gov.kz/en/about/management/directors/1389/ Board of Directors
  17. James Wilson (February 8, 2013), HSH Nordbank struggles amid shipping woes Financial Times.
  18. https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/thomas-mirow-joins-the-supervisory-board-357242 Thomas Mirow joins the Supervisory Board
  19. https://www.nationalstiftung.de/die-stiftung/gremien/ Board
  20. https://www.zeit-stiftung.de/presse/archiv/detail/918 Dagmar Reim, Fritz Horst Melsheimer und Dr. Thomas Mirow ins Kuratorium der ZEIT-Stiftung berufen
  21. http://www.ueberseeclub.de/index.php/de/praesidium Board of Trustees

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