Profiles

Horst Reichenbach, Vice President for Risk Management, Human Resources and Nuclear Safety

Horst Reichenbach joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on 31 August 2005 as Secretary General.  He became Vice President for Risk Management, Human Resources and Nuclear Safety on 1 April 2007.

Reporting to the President, the Vice President for Risk Management, Human Resources and Nuclear Safety has overall responsibility for the formulation of the Bank's Risk Management Strategy regarding Banking and Treasury functions, as well as responsibility for the formulation and implementation of the Bank's policies regarding Nuclear Safety and Official Co-Financing. The Vice President also has overall responsibility for the formulation and delivery of the Bank’s Human Resources Strategy.

The Vice President for Risk Management, Human Resources and Nuclear Safety is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee, the Operations Committee, and the Treasury Exposure Committee.

Mr Reichenbach was born in Kiel in 1945 and is a national of Germany. He is married, with three children. 

Mr Reichenbach holds a master degree in economics from University of Western Ontario, in London, Canada (1971), a diploma in mathematics (1970) and a PhD. in economics from Kiel University (1974), where he occupied the position of scientific Officer from 1971-1975.

Prior to joining the EBRD, Mr Reichenbach was Director General of Enterprise and Industry at the European Commission, in Brussels, where he worked for 30 years.

Career at the European Commission

• 1975-1986: Official working in Directorate General (DG) for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG Ecfin) (1975-78); DG for Regional Policy (1978-80) and in the Cabinets of C. Tugendhat (1981-84) and C. Ripa di Meana (1985-86)
• 1986 -1994: Head of Unit in DG for Coordination of Structural Instruments (1986-87) and DG Ecfin (1989-94) and Deputy Head of Cabinet of K.H. Narjes (1987-88)
• 1991-1997: Acting Director in DG Ecfin (1991-94); Director in DG Budget (1994-95); Head of Cabinet of M.Wulf-Mathies (1995-97)
• 1997- 2005: Director General in DG Consumer Policy and Health Protection (1997-99); in DG Personnel and Administration (1999-2004) and in DG Enterprise and Industry (2004 -05)