| | Eamon Gilmore is the European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights, and since 2015, he has been the EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia. Mr Gilmore is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, and former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2011-2014). |
| | He was a member of Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) from 1989 until 2016, and was Leader of the Irish Labour Party (2007-2014). He served on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2004-2007) and was Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE (2012). Prior to his election to Dáil Éireann, he worked as a trade union officer (1978-1989), and he was President of the Union of Students in Ireland (1976-1978). |
| | He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law and Government in Dublin City University and in 2017 was Visiting Practitioner Chair at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest. |
| | He is a graduate (Psychology) of the National University of Ireland, Galway, which has also conferred him with an Honorary Doctorate in Laws. He has received several international honours and awards for his work on Peace and his leadership on human rights issues. |
| | Eamon Gilmore was born in 1955, grew up on a small farm in Caltra, County Galway. He has lived in Shankill, Dublin for most of his adult life. He is married to Carol Hanney and they have one daughter and two sons. |
| 1981-1983 | Advisor, Minister of Economy and Finance, Jacques Delors, Paris |
| 1983-1985 | Deputy Head of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's cabinet, Paris |
| 1985-1994 | Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission Jacques Delors Cabinet, and his "sherpa" at the G-7/G-8, Brussels |
| 1994-1999 | Recovery of the French Bank Crédit Lyonnais, then Chief Executive Officer, Paris |
| 1999-2004 | Commissioner for Trade under the presidency of Romano Prodi, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2005-2013 | Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Geneva |
| since 2015 | Interministerial delegate for the preparation of the French candidature for the Universal Exhibition 2025 |
| since 2016 | President of the French Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) |
| Chair of the European group of experts in charge of evaluating the impact of EU research funding |
| since 2018 | Chair of the Paris Peace Forum |
| 2000 | Graduation from law, University of Vienna |
| 2000-2002 | Executive Production Assistant, diverse film productions |
| 2002-2004 | In-House Lawyer, Bertelsmann/ Fremantle Media, Berlin; London |
| 2004-2007 | Media Finance, Barclays Corporate Banking, London |
| 2007-2008 | Head of Global Referal Unit, Barclays Corporate Banking, London |
| 2008-2011 | Head of Corporate Business Services, Bawag PSK, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Founder; Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Founder, Future Law, Vienna |
| 1973 | Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopolies, Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate |
| 1974 | Staff Assistant to United States Senator Phillip A. Hart |
| 1977 | Student Intern at Federal Research Board, Washington, DC |
| 1978 | Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm |
| 1978-1980 | Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Cambridge, MA |
| 1979-1980 | Research Associate, Falk Institute of Economic Research, Jerusalem, Israel, Collaboration with Michael Bruno |
| 1981 | Visiting Research Associate, London School of Economics |
| 1982 | Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC |
| 1983 | Consultant, OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Visiting Professor, Ecole des Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris |
| 1984-2002 | Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University (Assistant Professor, 1980-1982, Associate Professor, 1982-1983, Full Professor 1984-2002) |
| 1984-1986 | Visiting Professor, Institute of World Economics, Kiel |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Scholar, Bank of Japan and Japan Ministry of Finance, Tokyo |
| 1990-1992 | Visiting Professor of Macroeconomic Policy, WIDER - World Institute of Development Economics,Research, United Nations University, Helsinki |
| 1994-1996 | Founder and Chair, Executive Committee, Institute of Economic Analysis, Moscow |
| 1995-1999 | Director, Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, MA |
| 1998-2002 | Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University |
| 1999-2000 | Member, International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission appointed by U.S. Congress |
| 2000-2001 | Chair, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health for the World Health Organization, Geneva |
| 2002-2006 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Millennium Development Goals; Director, United Nations Millennium Project |
| 2002-2016 | Director, The Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Colombia University, New York |
| 2007-2016 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Millenium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals |
| 2010-2015 | Member, UN Secretary General's MDG Advocacy Group |
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| | Current functions: |
| | Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, New York |
| | Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres |
| | University Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| | Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| | Distinguished Fellow, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| | Co-Founder and Director, Millennium Promise |
| | Founder and Chair, SDG USA |
| | Economic Advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia |
| | Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA |
| | Member, Brookings Panel of Economists, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC |
| | Co-Chair, Asian Economic Panel of Economists |
| 1968-1973 | Master's degree in Economics, University of Economics,Vienna |
| 1973-1976 | Independent Research Work for the Federal Ministry for Science and Research |
| 1980 | Doctor's degree |
| 1977-1983 | Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Corporate Finance and Export Finance |
| 1983-1985 | Secretary to the Federal Minister for Trade and Industry |
| 1985 | Creditanstalt-Bankverein London and New York |
| 1986-1989 | Head of Export Finance Department, Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| 1988-1989 | Deputy Head of Corporate Finance Division, Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| 1989-1993 | Head of Corporate Finance Division, Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| 1993-1997 | Head of Multinational Corporates Division, Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| 1997 | Head of Corporate Banking Division (in addition to a.m. responsibility), Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| 1998-2010 | Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG: Member of the Board of Managing Directors, in charge of Corporate Customers and Corporate, Trade and Export Finance worldwide |
| 2010-2013 | Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisen Bank International AG |
| 2013-2017 | Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisen Bank International AG |
| 1994-1996 | Scholarship holder/Student, Lester B. Pearson United World College, Victoria |
| 1996-1997 | National Service/Gedenkdienst, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem |
| 1997-1998 | Community Service Coordinator, American International School, Cochabamba |
| 1998-2003 | BA, King's College, London |
| 2000-2001 | Exchange Year, Universidade de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte |
| 2003-2004 | Exhibition Coordinator, Künstlerhaus Wien |
| 2004-2005 | Programme Manager, Concordia, Chisinau |
| 2005-2010 | Programme Officer, Light for the World, Vienna |
| 2010-2011 | MSc, University of Oxford |
| since 2012 | General Secretary, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
