Mihails Kozlovs

With over 25 years of experience in EU affairs, Mihails Kozlovs career spans national and international administration, diplomacy, international financial and audit organisations. He worked in the intersection of economic, financial and fiscal policies and contributed to Latvia’s EU and euro area accession and its successful presidency of the Council of the EU. As a Member of the European Court of Auditors since 2016, he has led audits on key EU policy areas and served as Dean of Chamber IV (2021–2025), overseeing audit work on artificial intelligence, foreign investment screening, electricity market integration, state aid control, EU space assets, and ethical frameworks. Currently, he leads audits on the Recovery and Resilience Facility & REPowerEU, restrictive trade measures, and ECB supervisory tools, with upcoming audits on the European Innovation Council and the European Institute of Technology. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Audit of Public Organisations and Policies (Université de Lorraine), an Executive MBA with distinction (Cass/Bayes Business School), and degrees in social sciences from the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University.