Maive RUTE

Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission, Belgium

Professional background

• Since November 2020: Deputy Director-General, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
• 2019 –2020: Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Estonia
• 2016 – 2019: Deputy Director-General, DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission
• 2013 – 2016: Director for Resources, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• 2009 – 2013: Director for Biotechnologies and Agriculture Research, Research and Innovation, European Commission

• 2005 – 2009: Director for SME’s Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship, DG ENTR, European Commission
• 2000 – 2005: CEO of national export, SME financing and housing promotion fund KredEx (renamed EISA later)
• 1997 – 2000: Managing Director of the Rural Credit Guarantee Fund
• 1995 – 1997: Analyst at the Baltic American Enterprise Fund
• 1994 – 1995: Member of the audit team at PriceWaterhouse Coopers
• 1992 – 1994: Country Director of US AID funded VOCA
  • 2019 – current: member of the Estonian research commission
  • 2019 - current: member of the council of the Tallinn University of Technology
  • 2002 – 2005: Management and communication skills trainer of the JCI (Worldwide Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs)
  • 2000 – 2002: Member of the OECD Baltic working group and the Steering committee for SME policy.

Education

• 2013: Fellow at the Harvard University
• 2009: MA in International Politics, CERIS, Brussels (magna cum laude)
• 1998: Certification on banking and finance, Estonian Banking Union
• 1996: MBA in Danube University Krems, Austria
• 1991: Degree in economics, Estonian University of Life Sciences (magna cum laude)