Thomas Barrett is the Director responsible for the EIBs Structured Finance and Advisory Activities throughout the European Union. He is currently also the Director of the EIBs Centres of Expertise on Trans-European Networks (TENs) and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs); on Energy and Environment and on the Knowledge Economy / Lisbon Agenda. Mr Barrett was previously EIB Director for North Western Europe before which he was responsible for project financing of the aerospace; oil and gas and satellite telecommunication sectors. He was also, inter alia, a member of TENs Policy Groups led by Commissioners Van Miert, Christophersen, Kinnock and De Palacio. He was Chairman of European Industry PPP Task Force on the Galileo GPS satellite navigation project and also a member of the UK Governments Steering Group on Partnerships UK (PUK/PFI). Born in Ireland, he is an INSEAD MBA (1978) and a graduate of the National University of Ireland in Mathematics and Philosophy (1974).