EIB Lecture Series (2v4) on 13 June: ‘The European Investment Fund (EIF)’, with speaker Christa Karis, Head of Department at the EIF, Luxembourg

On 13 June 2024, the Centre for International Studies invites you to the second event in the lecture series ‘The European Investment Bank’.

Ms Christa Karis, Departmental Director at the European Investment Fund, will give a lecture on ‘The European Investment Fund (EIF) - Access to finance for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)’ on Thursday, 13 June 2024, from 18:30 to 20:00 in HSZ/101.

Christa Karis is Departmental Director at the European Investment Fund and in charge of Corporate Relations. Before, she was in charge of Strategy Coordination and Business Support in the Equity Investment and Guarantees Department at EIF after having worked as Deputy Head of the Guarantee, Securitization and Micro Finance team.
There, she has been responsible for the development and implementation of a range of guarantee products in all EU Member States. Prior to joining EIF, Ms. Karis worked in the corporate finance department of WestLB, Germany. She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Trier, Germany. Christa Karis will continue our lecture series in cooperation with the EIB Institute. She will particularly address the European Investment Fund (EIF) as part of the EIB Group and its task is to support Europe’s SMEs by improving their access to finance through a wide range of selected financial intermediaries. To this end, EIF personnel designs, promotes and implements equity and debt financial instruments which specifically target SMEs. In this role, the EIF fosters EU objectives in support of entrepreneurship, growth, innovation, research and development as well as employment.

In a nutshell: 
Date: Thursday, 13 June 2024,
Time: 18:30 to 20:00
Venue: HSZ/101

The other two dates of the lecture series are
27 June 2024: EIB business cycle and activities in Germany (Heike Freimuth)
11 July, 2024: EIB Climate Bank Roadmap (Alessandro Boschi)

The event will be held in English.

We look forward to your participation in the event!