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Quantitative Expertise at the EIB

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00 Introduction
01 Could you describe your tasks and how a project at EIB is typically approached?
02 What skills and experiences are requested for a good candidate?
03 Could you please describe the usual working day at EIB in Finance Directorate (FI)? Do you often travel to other locations?
04 Do you have specific courses for new employees ? e.g. SAS courses or specific risk management courses
05 Adrien, which guidelines do you follow to price loans aggressively to SMEs compared to commercial banks?
06 Are the projects​ only within Europe?
07 Lena, as someone who recently joined, can you describe the selection process and give us any tips on how to prepare?
08 Hi Joana, EIB is often involved in providing credit to riskier counterparties then commercial banks do. Which precautions do you take in doing that? the sharing risk model public/private is it sufficient to protect the EIB from frauds?thank you
09 How do you help your employees achieve a good work-life balance? do you have specific initiatives?
10 Hello everyone!A technical question: What are the biggest challenges in developing/validating EIB statistical models? Would you consider helpful, beside the widely used logistic regression, other techniques like machine learning and neural networks?
11 How are the quantitative analysts collaborating with other parts of EIB? What is needed in the quantitative analytics area going forward?
12 What are your main challenges in working with data (missing data/messy data etc)?
13 How is the life in Luxemburg in general?
14 How much from your time is used for financial modelling? What IT system is used for modelling?
15 Does the risk department own the database or depends a lot on the data provided by other deparments (e.g. Financial, reporting)?
16 Can you expand on the difference between the quantitative work that you do in RM versus FI?
17 How would you describe the company culture and management style? Thank you
18 Can you briefly describe your experiences prior to joining the EIB and how your background has helped you become a quantitative specialist at the EIB?
19 Do you embed both financial and behavioral parameters (shareholders' education etc) in your models?
20 How is EIB supporting the environmental projects, helping the energy transition?
21 I read the Financial Policies & Methodologies (FPM) Division is a new function. Can you please further describe how the function is structured?
22 What makes quantitative work so exciting and impactful at the EIB compared with other institutions?

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Joana Lopes
Joana Lopes
Model Development Unit
Adrien Perdreau
Adrien Perdreau
Loan Pricing & Product Development Analyst
Catarina Medeiros
Catarina Medeiros
Financial Risk Management Officer
Lena Schilling
Lena Schilling
Graduate – Internal Credit Rating Models Development and Review

The EIB is the European Union’s bank. We are the only bank owned by and representing the interests of the European Union Member States. We work closely with other EU institutions to implement EU policy.

Our expertise is based on more than 60 years’ experience and the specialised knowledge of over 3,400 staff.

The EIB is the European Union's bank

We are the only bank owned by and representing the interests of the European Union Member States. We work closely with other EU institutions to implement EU policy. Our expertise is based on more than 60 years’ experience and the specialised knowledge of over 3,400 staff.

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For many of us the greatest reward is to know that our contribution makes a positive impact on people’s lives, in the EU and beyond. By joining the EIB you will have the opportunity to make your contribution, whilst also developing your skillset and facing new professional challenges.

Based in Luxembourg, with a network of local and regional offices in Europe and across the world, we offer a pleasant and interesting work environment where people can achieve their professional goals, while maintaining work-life balance; with excellent professional development opportunities through training, internal mobility and merit-based career growth.

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