FRONTEX

Frontex Executive Director

Ilkka Pertti Juhani LAITINEN

Born in Nurmes, Finland, on 22 August 1962, married, two children

Duties related to the European Union

• Director of the EU Risk Analysis Centre (RAC) (2003 – 2005) 
• Co-chairman of the Council Working Party Frontiers (1999) 
• Head of national delegation at the EU Working Party Frontiers 1998 – 2005 
• National representative at the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) (1999 – 2002) and the Common Unit of External Border Practitioners (2002 – 2005)
• National representative at the Council WP Schengen Evaluation 1999 – 2005
• Chairman of the Schengen Visiting Committee in Greece (1999)
• National representative at the Schengen Visiting Committee in Greece (1998)
• Finnish Representative in the Nordic Schengen Steering Group (1999 – 2003)
• Expert of the European Commission to the Turkish project: National Strategy for Border Management (2002 – 2003)
• Project Manager: Common Integrated Risk Analysis Model (2002 – 2003)
• National co-ordinator at the multinational consortium on the Border Management Project in Central Asia ”BOMCA” 2003 – 2005
• Co-manager of the joint Austrian, Belgian and Finnish project ”Police and Border Security” (2001 – 2002)
• Adviser to the Belgian EU Presidency on the project: "EU/Schengen Catalogue; external borders, removal and readmission (recommendations and best practices)" (2000 – 2001)
• Member of the ad hoc group at the Greek ”Friends of the Presidency” 2002
• Representative at the national EU sub-committee 6 on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (1998 – 2000 and 2002 - 2005)
• Several lectures and presentations related to the EU border security matters at seminars and workshops

National duties

• Deputy Head of Division, Frontier Guard HQ (Director of International Affairs) (2002 – 2005)
• Counsellor (Justice and Home Affairs), Permanent Representation of Finland to the European Union (2000 - 2002)
• Co-ordinator of the Frontier Guard Headquarters on Schengen and EU affairs (1998 - 2000)
• Chief Information Officer of the Finnish Frontier Guard (1998 - 2000)
• Deputy Commander of the South-East Frontier Guard District (1997 - 1998)
• Chief of Operations, Headquarters of the South-East Frontier Guard District (1995 – 1997)
• Deputy Regional Border Delegate at the Finno-Russian Border (1997 – 1998)
• Secretary of the Regional Border Delegate (1995 – 1997)

Rank and Education

• Brigadier General, Border Guard (2006)
• Colonel, Border Guard (2004)
• General Staff Officer’s Diploma (1995), Border Guard Officer’s examination (1985)
• Supreme Staff Officers’ Course (2003), National Defence Course (2004)
  
  

Frontex Deputy Executive Director

Gil ARIAS FERNÁNDEZ

Born in Sober-Lugo, Spain, on 20 August 1955, married, one child

Duties Related to the European Union

• Chairman of the “Common Manual” Working Group, during the Spanish Schengen Presidency (1992)
• Chairman of the “SIRENE” Working Party, during the Spanish Schengen Presidency (1992)
• Chairman of the External Border Evaluation Committee during the Spanish Schengen Presidency (1993)
• Officer seconded to the Schengen Presidency (FMAD) in the Schengen Secretariat-General (1996)
• Chairman of the European Union Council’s “Frontiers Working Group” (2002)
• Head of the Spanish Delegation to the Schengen Evaluation Group (2002)
• Head of the Spanish Delegation in the External Borders Practitioners Common Unit, of the European Union Council (2003)

National Duties:

• Admission to the Spanish National Police Force in the category of Deputy Inspector (1975)
• Appointment as Inspector in the National Police Force (1978)
• Appointment as Specialist in Law in the National Police Force (1990)
• Since joining the Spanish National Police Force in 1975, in a variety of professional posts, integrated into criminal investigation groups and the fight against crime in general and, more specifically since 1988 participation in the centralised running and management of strategies in the fight against human trafficking and illegal immigration and, in particular, the management of external border controls.
• During 2005, Senior Adviser for international matters in the Cabinet of the Minister of Interior of Spain.

Education:

• Upper Degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1987)
• Diploma in Tax Law in the Complutense University of Madrid (1988)
• Diploma in European Communities in the Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain (1990)
• Lecturer in Private Security Training Centres (1996)