EBRD appoints new East Med director

EBRD has a new East Med director: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Gretchen Biery as its eastern Mediterranean director effective 1 September, the lender said in a statement yesterday. Briery will lead the bank’s operations in Jordan, Lebanon, and the West Bank and Gaza, reporting to SEMED Managing Director Heike Harmgart.

Biery has been working with the EBRD since 2018, first heading up its operations in Lebanon before becoming a senior advisor to Harmgart. Prior to that, Biery held positions at the US Treasury and several multilateral development banks, as well as working as a consultant to bilateral investment agencies. She succeeds Philip ter Woort.