Eric has dual Danish and British citizenship and he holds a master degree in commercial law and finance from Aarhus Business School ( Denmark) and added diplomas in international management, ESG action planning in energy and mining. He is a certified teacher and served over the past decade as a part-time lecturer for mining students at the University of Liege, Belgium.
Eric joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Bank (“EBRD”) in 1995 with a focus on project development in Russia and the Baltics. In 2003 he was appointed deputy of operations in Russia and assumed the role as Director of Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness in 2006. He has served on numerous boards of joint ventures with prominent partners such as Toyota, Solvay, Danone or Carlsberg and, as chairman of the board, of a fast-growing vaccine start-up over six years. Eric was appointed EBRD’s global Director of Natural Resources in 2013, where he spearheaded a new EBRD mining strategy and innovative finance structures for exploration companies. He designed and launched effective policy dialogues on mining reform in various emerging market countries. Eric has since May 2022 been acting as Chief Advisor on Renewables and Project Finance to Rio Tinto. Eric is highly experienced in assisting industrial partners in counter-party due diligence and problem solving in difficult emerging markets.
