Corien Wortmann-Kool

C.M. (Corien) Wortmann-Kool (born 27 June 1959 in Oud-Alblas) is a Dutch politician for the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl). She has a background in politics, public administration and business. She is a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President on Economic and Financial Affairs of the European People's Party (EPP) Group. Wortmann-Kool has a MA in Political Science and Economics from VU University Amsterdam.

Wortmann-Kool started her political career in the board of the youth organization of the CDA. From 1987 until 1994, she was a member of the executive board of the CDA party. During the municipal elections of 1994 she was elected as council member of the municipal council in her town of residence, Zeist. In 1995 she became Chair of the CDA delegation in the municipal council, from which she retired in 1999.

From 1996 onwards, Wortmann-Kool worked at the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management where she served as senior policy advisor and project leader on projects related to the governance of the Public Sector. From 2001 she served as deputy and acting Director for Transport and Infrastructure. Prior to this she was Member of the Executive Board of a retail company.

In 2004 Wortmann-Kool has become a Member of the European Parliament for the EPP Group, of which the Dutch Christen Democratisch Appel (CDA) is a part. In 2009 she has become the Vice-President of the EPP Group on Economy, Finance and Environment. The EPP is the largest political group in the European Parliament. Wortmann-Kool played a crucial role as negotiator on behalf of the European Parliament on the Stability and Growth Pact legislation, the so-called "6pack" for European economic governance, that came into force in the end of 2011. A large part of her work focusses on increasing the stability of the financial sector. Wortmann-Kool is closely involved in legislation for banks, insurers, pension funds, hedge funds, financial markets and the European supervisors. She represents the EPP Group at the informal meetings of EPP-ministers of Finance, in preparation for the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council meetings.

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