Michael Hager

He is the Head of Cabinet of Economic Affairs Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, who is coordinating reductions in the bloc's bureaucracy — vital for industry. Hager, who is from Bavaria, previously held the same position for the former German Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger. He is the contact person for concerns from the ranks of the CDU. Hager is the German official in the EU Commission with the best network and, after Björn Seibert, the Commission President's Head of Cabinet, the greatest influence.