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Christopher Hurst

Director General of the Projects Directorate of the European Investment Bank

Christopher Hurst is Director General of the Projects Directorate of the European Investment Bank. Composed of sector specialists, this directorate is responsible for project appraisal (including technical, economic, environmental and social issues) and the monitoring of project implementation, as well as for sector studies and policy – including the EIB’s climate, environmental and social policies.

Prior to the EIB, Mr Hurst held research and teaching positions at Oxford and London Universities, and worked in management consultancy in the US. He has a doctorate from Harvard University and a degree in engineering from Imperial College, London.

A new fund for a new urban future

23 September 2020

2020 has cast in sharp relief three overlapping global crises. A pandemic is devastating lives and health systems. A weakening global economy threatens to push 175... Read more.

Christopher Hurst

Director General of the Projects Directorate of the European Investment Bank