Paul Kutos is Head of Unit for Greece at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission. He carries out the function of Mission Chief since August 2019, having been Deputy Mission Chief since September 2016. Prior to joining the Greek team, Paul was heading the unit for monetary and exchange rate policies, ERM II and euro adoption, and worked in particular with Central and Eastern European Member States in preparation for euro area accession. Paul is an Austrian national and holds Masters degrees in Economics and in History and Philosophy from the University of Vienna. Before joining the Commission in 2003, he worked at the Austrian Ministry of Finance on European and international economic policy matters.