Director General responsible for Taxation and the Customs Union European Commission
Robert Verrue started his career in the private sector in 1972-73 as a financial manager with SSIH (Switzerland). In 1973, he joined the European Commission as member of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs. In 1981, he was appointed Member of the Cabinet of Vice-President F.-X. Ortoli. His main responsibilities covered financial and economic affairs, borrowing and lending, restructuring actions in the steel and iron industry.
In 1985, he was appointed Head of Division for “Co-ordination of monetary policies in the Community” within Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs. In July 1988, he was promoted Director responsible for International Affairs, Industrial Policy and the Co-ordination of the Internal Market Programme within Directorate General for the Internal Market and Industrial Affairs. In September 1993, he was appointed Deputy Director General responsible for relations with Central European countries and CIS Republics within the Directorate General for External Relations. In January 1996, he became Director General for the Information Society. He took up his current responsibilities as Director General for Taxation and the Customs Union in July 2002.
Robert Verrue today, is the Director General responsible for Taxation and the Customs Union within the European Commission.
Robert Verrue studied at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises in Lille, at the College of Europe (Bruges) and at INSEAD (Fontainebleau).
He was born in 1947. He is married and has two children.
- Session: eCustoms: can we reduce administrative burden whilst improving safety and security in the EU?, 20th September.
