البنك الأوروبي لإعادة الإعمار والتنمية
The EBRD is an international financial institution owned by 77 countries, the European Union and the European Investment Bank. It finances private-sector projects and advises on policy reform across three continents.
Industry: Multilateral development bank | Location: London, United Kingdom | Founded: 1990
About البنك الأوروبي لإعادة الإعمار والتنمية
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an international financial institution owned by 77 countries, the European Union and the European Investment Bank, as recorded in its 2025 financial report. Its principal office is in London. The Agreement Establishing the EBRD was signed on 29 May 1990, and the bank's own pages describe its purpose as supporting the transition to market economies through financing, advice and policy reform, with a focus on the private sector. It operates across three continents.
Odile Renaud-Basso is President. The Board of Governors elected her in October 2020, and she took office in November 2020 as the seventh President, succeeding Sir Suma Chakrabarti. She has since been re-elected for a second term. Before joining the bank she was Director General of the French Treasury.
The EBRD reported record annual investment of 16.8 billion euros across 640 projects in 2025, compared with 16.6 billion euros in 2024. Private-sector projects accounted for 75 per cent of the total, and 56 per cent went to green transition. It committed 2.9 billion euros in Ukraine, and in 2025 it made its first investments in sub-Saharan Africa, a 30 million euro loan to the electricity distributor of Benin, and in Iraq, a 100 million dollar trade finance facility with the National Bank of Iraq. Shareholders approved a Strategic and Capital Framework for 2026 to 2030.
The financial report shows a net profit of 1.337 billion euros for 2025, down from 1.744 billion euros in 2024, and total assets of 93.1 billion euros at the end of the year. Members' equity stood at 28.3 per cent of total assets.
In the technology sector, the EBRD led an investment in the Egyptian payments company Paymob in September 2024 to support product development and expansion. In September 2026 it co-led Paymob's 35 million dollar pre-Series C round with Mubadala Investment Company, according to Wamda.