Maarten Verwey has been Director General of DG Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission since February 2020. Maarten Verwey started his career in the European Commission in 2011 as deputy Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs. In 2015 he became Director General of the Structural Reform Sup-port Service (now DG REFORM). He has been Director General for Economic and Fi-nancial Affairs since 1 February 2020. Before coming to the Commission, he was di-rector of foreign financial relations in the Dutch Ministry of Finance.  In these various capacities, he played a key role in several important European initiatives. These in-clude the creation of the EFSF and the ESM, the adjustment programme for Cyprus, the creation of banking union and the investment plan for Europe (Juncker plan) and most recently Next Generation EU.