52 Luca VOLONTÈ Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party Assembly Member: since 29/09/2008 (Substitute) MP’s role(s) in Committee(s) and Sub-Committee(s): Members: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs Members: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Members: Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee Members: Sub-Committee on Children Ross WALKER Ross WALKER is UK Economist at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), formerly NatWest Markets. He is based in RBS’s corporate and investment banking division in London, which deals principally in fixed income, currency and derivatives markets, but with some involvement in equities and commodities. His main responsibilities are analysing and forecasting macroeconomic data and monetary policy. RBS is a prominent economic forecaster, participating regularly in surveys by the Bank of England, HM Treasury and private sector polls. Ross appears regularly in the print and broadcast media and has written for the Institute of Economic Affairs think-tank and The Daily Telegraph newspaper. Prior to working in the financial sector, Ross was an economic policy researcher in the UK Conservative Party’s research department (1995-1998), principally covering trade & industry policy in addition to the transport brief. Over the years, Ross has maintained ties with the <strong>European</strong> political scene, from an internship in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in summer 1995 through to his ongoing involvement with the <strong>EIN</strong> where he has served as the rapporteur on Working Group 3 (economic & monetary affairs) and having participated in all of the <strong>EIN</strong> Summer Universities. Iuliu WINKLER Member of Committee on International Trade and Delegation for relations with India. Substitute of Committee on Regional Development, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis, Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Engineering degree (electronics and telecommunications), ‘Traian Vuia’ Polytechnic Institute, Timişoara, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications (1983-1988); International Republican Institute (USA), Civic and Political Action Programme (Timişoara) (1995); Entrepreneurship development programme, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Belfort, France (1997); Postgraduate course in management and marketing (international economic affairs), Deva Environmental University (1997); Summer School, Assembly of <strong>European</strong> Regions, Erfurt (Germany) 1998); Postgraduate course in regional marketing, Business Centre, Szombathely (Hungary) (1998); Degree in finance and insurance, Faculty of Sciences, University of Petroşani (1998-2001); Diploma, Series XII, National Defence College, Romanian Ministry of Defence (2003). IAMSAT Bucharest, Hunedoara branch - branch coordinator (1988-1992); Banat-Crişana Private Property Fund I (1993-1998) - representative on management and administrative organs of private companies in Hunedoara county (1993-1998); Director of development, S.C. Remontin Construcţii-Montaj S.R.L., Hunedoara (1996-1999); Eximbank Romania, Interministerial Committee on Finance, Guarantees and Insurance - Vice-President. Member, Union Representatives’ Council, UDMR (Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania) (2000-present); Chair, UDMR Hunedoara county branch (2001-present, re-elected in 2003, 2005 and 2007). Councillor elected on UDMR list, Hunedoara County Council (1996-1999). Member of the Romanian Parliament (member, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking; member, Committee on <strong>European</strong> Integration (2003-2004); secretary, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking (May-December 2004)). Sub-prefect of Hunedoara county (1999-2000); member of the Romanian government: Minister-Delegate for Trade, Ministry for the Economy and Trade (December 2004-April 2007); State Secretary, Ministry for SMEs, Trade, Tourism and the Liberal Professions (April-July 2007); Minister of Communications and Information Technology (August-December 2007). Awarded the ‘Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend Középkeresztje’ (Cross of the Republic of Hungary) (2008). <strong>European</strong> <strong>Ideas</strong> <strong>Network</strong>
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