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Joëlle ELVINGER

Born on 6 January 1980 in Luxembourg

Education:

2019 INSEAD, International Directors Programme

June 2012 INSEAD, Management Acceleration Programme

June 2006 Diploma as a Notary Candidate in Luxembourg

May 2005 Admission as a lawyer to the Luxembourg Bar

2004 – 2005 Cours Complémentaires en Droit Luxembourgeois

2003 – 2004 Queen Mary, University of London, UK, LLM (Tax) (merit)

2002 – 2003 Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence

Master in Business Law

2001 – 2002 Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence

Bachelor in Law

1999 – 2001 Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence

DEUG en Droit

1992 – 1999 Lycée de Garçons de Luxembourg

Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires, section D (Economics – Mathematics)

Professional experience:

January 2020 - present European Court of Auditors, Member, Chamber 1

April 2009 - December 2019 Etude Joëlle Elvinger, Avocat à la Cour

November 2006 - March 2009 Etude Turk & Prum, Luxembourg

April 2005 - October 2006 Linklaters Loesch, Luxembourg

“Corporate Mainstream” department

November 2003 - June 2004 Ernst & Young Global, London

“Finance & Infrastructure” department, Trainee

July 2003 Linklaters Loesch, Luxembourg

“Banking” department, Trainee

June 2002 - July 2002 Wildgen & Associés, Luxembourg, Trainee

September 2000 & 2001 Notaire Joseph Elvinger, Luxembourg, Trainee

Work at the European Court of Auditors:

June 2024 - present Member of the Art Panel

June 2024 - present Alternate member of the ECA to the Interinstitutional EU

Ethics Body

March 2022 - present Dean of Chamber 1 (sustainable use of natural resources)

March 2022 - present Member of the Administrative committee

September 2020 - July 2023 Member of the Ethics Committee

July 2021 - July 2023: Chairman of the Ethics Committee

March 2020 - March 2022 Member of the Internal Audit Committee

March 2020 - June 2021 Member of the Digital Steering Committee

Responsible member for the following published tasks:

- Review N° 01/2020: – Tracking climate spending in the EU budget.

- Review N° 01/2021 – The EU’s initial contribution to the public health response toCOVID-19.

- Review N° 04/2021 – EU actions and existing challenges on electronic waste.

- Special report 20/2021 – Sustainable water use in agriculture: CAP funds more likely to promote greater rather than more efficient water use.

- Special report 09/2022 – Climate spending in the 2014-2020 EU budget – Not as high as reported.

- Special report 16/2022 – Data in the Common Agricultural Policy – Unrealised potential of big data for policy evaluations.

- Special report 19/2022 – EU COVID-19 vaccine procurement – Sufficient doses secured after initial challenges, but performance of the process not sufficiently assessed.

- Special report 09/2023 – Securing agricultural product supply chains during COVID-19 – EU response was rapid, but insufficiently targeted by member states.

- Special report 18/2023 – EU climate and energy targets – 2020 targets achieved, but little indication that actions to reach the 2030 targets will be sufficient.

- Special report 23/2023 – Restructuring and planting vineyards in the EU – Unclear impact on competitiveness and limited environmental ambition.

- Special report 14/2024 – Green transition – Unclear contribution from the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

- Special report 25/2024 – Digitalisation of healthcare – EU support for member states effective overall, but difficulties in using EU funds.

Responsible for ongoing audits on:

- LIFE Programme 2014-2020 (integrated projects)

- Olive oil (control system)

- The EU Chemicals Regulation (starting in autumn 2025)

Political mandates:

December 2013 - December 2019 Member of the Luxembourgish Parliament

Chambre des Députés, Luxembourg