The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) invests in change in more than 30 countries across Europe, central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. Since our establishment in 1991 we have become the largest financial investor in our region of operations which stretches from central Europe to central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. With the ability and willingness to bear risk on behalf of our clients, we help their countries in the region to become open, market economies. We are owned by 64 countries, the European Union and the European Investment Bank. For more information about EBRD, please visit our main website: www.ebrd.com/about