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In early 2024, the Annual European Financial Services Conference (AEFSC) returns with a revitalised ambition under the banner of “Financing Europe: Investment that Supports Society“.
This renewal of the conference’s mandate focuses on Europe’s imperative to deliver an open, resilient, and competitive Union. Europe’s aspiration to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 necessitates substantial investments in new technologies and sustainability-related reforms, and the urgency to act has never been greater. Driving support for innovative European companies in strategic sectors through private-sector financing, and leveraging well-developed capital markets that complement public funding for the green and digital transition is vital. This transformative agenda demands a collective shift in mindset, one that will unite individuals, employers, and governments to action. Leveraging the significant community around this conference, the aim is to make a tangible impact on the development of Europe’s financial capabilities and competitiveness.
Hosted by Barclays and Kreab in partnership with Forum Europe, this year’s conference will take place at BNP Paribas Auditorium in Brussels.
Mairead McGuinness is the European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union.
The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.
Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms. McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.
As Vice-President, she oversaw relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue with religious and philosophical organisations and had responsibility for the Parliament’s communication policy.
During her time in the Parliament, Ms. McGuinness sat on a range of committees, covering agriculture, environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. Her legislative work included leading for the EPP Group on the European Climate Law, the revision of medical devices legislation, and CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, she was outspoken on Brexit and the consequences for the EU and Ireland.
In 2006-2007, Ms. McGuinness chaired the Parliament’s investigation into the collapse of the Equitable Life assurance company which identified issues around weak financial regulation.
Prior to becoming an MEP, she was an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union
European Commission
Vice-President Östros’s areas of oversight include financing of energy, health and life sciences, EIB Global (development policy together with Vice-President Fayolle; pre-accession policy is with Vice-President Kakouris), financing operations in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia*, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific, except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), jointly with Vice-President Fayolle), relations with the EIB Group Audit Committee, corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion, Legal – lending operations. Vice-President Östros also oversees relations with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Ombudsman, relations with the Gulf countries, relations with central banks’ debt management offices, and relations with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
Vice-President
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Mario Nava is the Director-General of DG REFORM of the European Commission that he joined in 1994. Previously, he held 3 Director and 2 Heads of Unit posts in the DG for financial services. He was also President of Italian Financial Market Authority (CONSOB). He is active in research and teaching at Bocconi University (Milan) and at Solvay Business School (Brussels).
Director General, DG Reform
European Commission
Verena Ross is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 November 2021 and is responsible for representing the Authority as well as preparing the work of and chairing its Board of Supervisors and Management Board.
Between 2011 and 2021 Verena Ross served as ESMA’s first Executive Director, when she was responsible for building up the organisation and overseeing its day to day running.
Prior to this, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and was a member of the FSA’s Executive Committee. Verena joined the FSA in 1998 to run the Executive Chairman’s office during the regulator’s start-up phase and was briefly a seconded advisor to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in 2000. She held various positions in the FSA’s Markets Division and was Director of Strategy & Risk Division before becoming Director of the International Division.
Verena is a German national. Following studies in Sinology and Economics in Hamburg, Taipei and London (SOAS) she began her career at the Bank of England in 1994, where she worked as an economist and banking supervisor.
Chair
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
José Manuel Campa, is the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He was appointed in March 2019 and is serving a renewable five-year term. He represents the Authority and by chairing the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board, he steers the strategic direction of the Authority.
From 2015 and prior to this appointment, Campa served as Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, for the Grupo Santander. Prior to that, he was Professor of Finance and Economics at IESE Business School.
Between 2009 and 2011 Campa served as Secretary of State for the Economy in the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Spain. He was a member of the Financial Stability Board, the board of the European Financial Stability Facility, the Economic and Financial Committee and alternate governor in multilateral financial institutions. He has served in the Expert Group, chair by Mr. Erkki Liikanen, evaluating policy recommendations on structural reforms for the European Banking industry.
He has also taught at the Stern School of Business of New York University and at Columbia University. He has been Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research. Mr. Campa has also been a consultant to a large number of international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, and the European Commission.
He has served on the boards of Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) Europe, Bruegel, and General de Alquiler de Maquinaria.
José Manuel Campa holds a Ph.D. and a master degree in economics from Harvard University and a Licenciatura in law and in economics from the Universidad de Oviedo.
Chairperson
European Banking Authority
Elizabeth was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in September 2021 and became Chair in April 2022.
Elizabeth is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc, Chair of the Impact Investing Institute and a Trustee of the British Museum. She was previously the CEO of Allianz Global Investors and a non executive director of Morgan Stanley Inc. and Pearson plc.
She is a director of the Green Finance Institute; serves on the investment committee of the Leverhulme Trust; is a member of the CFA Future of Finance Advisory Council, the Committee of 200 and the 300 Club.
Elizabeth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is also a published author of crime thrillers.
She was awarded a CBE in January 2015 and a DBE in June 2019 for services to the economy and financial services.
Chair
Schroders plc
Martin Moloney joined the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in September 2021 as Secretary General.
Prior to joining IOSCO, Martin was Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and before that he worked as a Special Adviser on Risk and Regulation to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), where he served for 16 years, previously heading up the Markets Policy, Markets Supervision, and Legal and Finance Divisions respectively. Prior to joining the CBI, Martin worked for brief periods in the Department of Justice and the Irish Competition Authority, and spent ten years working in the Irish Department of Finance in positions of responsibility in relation to both national and semi-State debt management and the sale of State banks. Martin spent his early career working in Industry at Barclays Bank and the Bank of Ireland in London.
Martin has an LLM in Business Law and a Masters qualification in Economic Policy, both from Trinity College Dublin. He has Postgraduate Diplomas in Arbitration, Regulatory Management and has completed professional examinations of the Chartered Institutes of Bankers and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Secretary General
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Francesco is the Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Europe. Based in Dublin, he serves on the Board of Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and leads the Barclays Europe Executive Committee.
Francesco joined Barclays in London in 2010, as Global Head of Barclays Corporate Development, where in addition to corporate activity on Barclays’ behalf, he was responsible for all Principal Investments across Barclays Group. In 2018, he moved to the Investment Bank as Co-Head of Barclays EME Financial Institutions Group and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Europe in 2020.
Prior to Barclays, Francesco worked as a Senior Banker at JP Morgan in New York. Before JP Morgan, he held a number of senior roles at Bear Stearns, Lazard and GE Capital.
Francesco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from University of Oxford and a Master of Science in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics.
CEO
Barclays Europe
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) effective 1 December 2022.
Prior to joining the ISSB, Ms. Bofinger-Schuster served in multiple senior management positions at Siemens. In her last role, as Senior Vice President for sustainability and operational excellence, she was responsible for developing the company’s sustainability strategy and for implementing new disclosure requirements.Her passion is to solve strategic challenges and to ensure that sustainability is an integral part of the company’s decision making.
Before entering the world of sustainability, she held senior positions at Siemens Management Consulting and at Horváth Management Consulting, solving the toughest business challenges for her clients from different industries around the world.
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Augsburg and an MBA from the University of Dayton, Ohio.
She is a mother of two boys and very much enjoys spending her weekends as soccer mom.
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Board Member
International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Eva-Maria Poptcheva (Bulgaria, 1979) is a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos and a member of the European liberal group Renew Europe. She is also vice-chair of the parliamentary committee on economic and monetary affairs and substitute member of the budget committee.
She studied law at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg (Germany). She holds a PhD in European constitutional law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she also taught Spanish and EU constitutional law.
After a first work experience at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Eva-Poptcheva practiced law in Germany (Baden-Baden) and Spain (Barcelona). In 2012 she passed the competitions for access to the European civil service, and started her career at the European Parliament.
She started as an analyst at the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), focusing on issues such as Brexit and European economic governance. Subsequently, she worked as a public policy advisor in the cabinet of the Secretary General of the Parliament and then as a member of the Secretariat of the Conference on the Future of Europe. A few months before taking up the position of MEP, Eva-Maria Poptcheva was appointed Head of the Legislative Affairs Unit of the European Parliament.
Eva-Maria Poptcheva is the author of numerous academic and press publications.
Vice-Chair - Economic and Monetary Affairs
Member of the European Parliament
Described in Ireland’s Better Business magazine as “one of Europe’s most prominent news figures,” Angela started her career at Sky News in 2008, working as a producer, reporter and presenter for more than a decade, before expanding her career to work for CNBC, ITV, IG, Capital.com and also for international news channel Euronews, helping to launch and anchor various new shows and is currently overseeing the channel’s business news coverage from Brussels. Angela also carries out high-segment media work for the United Nations in Geneva and has advised some of the world’s biggest banks on their media communications strategies. She also contributes regular analysis and opinion pieces to The Daily Telegraph and Yahoo Finance.
Managing Editor for Business
Euronews
Alfred Sant studied at the University of Malta, at the Institut International d’Administration Publique in Paris, and at Boston and Harvard Universities in the US. He worked as a diplomat and later as a management consultant. He served as President of the Malta Labour Party, member of the Maltese Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party and between 1996-1998 Prime Minister of Malta.
Alfred Sant was elected Member of the European Parliament in May 2014 and again in May 2019.
Member of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Affairs
Member of the European Parliament
Career
Philippe Bordenave has been appointed Senior Executive Advisor to the CE0 and the Chair of BNP Paribas in 2021. He was previously BNP Paribas Group Chief 0perating 0fficer.
Philippe Bordenave joined BNP in 1985, where he became a key player in the development of the bank’s financial markets business, serving as Head of the Paris dealing room from 1987 to 1992 and Head of Global Markets from 1993 to 1997. In this latter role he was instrumental in driving the growth of financial derivatives trading, which enabled BNP to gain a major share of these markets worldwide.
In 1998, he became Chief Financial Officer for BNP. In 2000, following the merger with Paribas that created the BNP Paribas Group, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for the newly-merged Group. He became a member of the Group Executive Committee in 2002, deputy COO in 2005 and COO in 2011.
Philippe Bordenave started his career at the French Treasury.
Education
Philippe Bordenave graduated from two of leading French academic institutions : École Polytechnique and École Nationale d’Administration.
Senior Executive Advisor
BNP Paribas Group
Brad Levy is the chief executive officer at Symphony, the leading financial markets’ infrastructure and technology platform.
Prior to Symphony, Brad was a partner and executive at global analytics and information provider, IHS Markit, having also served as CEO of MarkitSERV and global head of its loan settlement and software services division. Earlier in his career, he spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, culminating in his role as managing director and global head of GS’s Principal Strategic Investments Group.
He was recently recognized as CEO of the Year at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards and included in the TabbFORUM 40 Top Innovators in Financial Markets list, highlighting Brad’s deep markets expertise and commitment to driving innovation and tackling inefficiencies in the industry. He had been previously recognized with the Markets Choice Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award for his dedication to driving change as a global leader in financial services.
Brad has served on numerous boards within the financial sector and is a sought-after advisor and speaker.
CEO
Symphony
Katharine Braddick joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy and senior adviser to the CEO. In this capacity she will define and execute Barclays’ strategic policy agenda, aligning it to Barclays’ multi-jurisdictional government and regulatory landscape. Previously she was Director General for Financial Services at HM Treasury, in which role she also sat on the Financial Stability Board. Previously she worked at the Bank of England, where she was Director of Prudential Policy, and worked at the UK Financial Services Authority in a variety of roles. She began her career in the civil service and has also worked at the Association of British Insurers, leading on regulation of general insurance. Katharine was educated at the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge.
Group Head of Strategic Policy and Advisor to the CEO
Barclays
Jack Schickler is senior finance reporter at Euronews, Brussels. He previously worked as a journalist at news sites MLex and CoinDesk, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the UK Treasury.
Senior Reporter, Financial Services
Euronews
David has a portfolio of senior management roles in the European public affairs industry and has advised over 100 of the world’s largest financial institutions, technology companies, fintechs and trade associations on their public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management activities across Europe, the UK and globally. He leads Kreab’s Global Financial Services Practice and is the Founding Partner of the European Financial Policy Advisers Network – covering 10 European countries. David has worked at the European Commission, the Financial Services Authority, McKinsey & Company, and Campbell Lutyens.
Senior Partner, KREAB EU Practice Leader for Financing, Innovation and Transition & Global Head of the Financial Policy Advisers Network
Kreab
David has a portfolio of senior management roles in the European public affairs industry and has advised over 100 of the world’s largest financial institutions, technology companies, fintechs and trade associations on their public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management activities across Europe, the UK and globally. He leads Kreab’s Global Financial Services Practice and is the Founding Partner of the European Financial Policy Advisers Network – covering 10 European countries. David has worked at the European Commission, the Financial Services Authority, McKinsey & Company, and Campbell Lutyens.
Mairead McGuinness is the European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union.
The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.
Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms. McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.
As Vice-President, she oversaw relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue with religious and philosophical organisations and had responsibility for the Parliament’s communication policy.
During her time in the Parliament, Ms. McGuinness sat on a range of committees, covering agriculture, environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. Her legislative work included leading for the EPP Group on the European Climate Law, the revision of medical devices legislation, and CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, she was outspoken on Brexit and the consequences for the EU and Ireland.
In 2006-2007, Ms. McGuinness chaired the Parliament’s investigation into the collapse of the Equitable Life assurance company which identified issues around weak financial regulation.
Prior to becoming an MEP, she was an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
Vice-President Östros’s areas of oversight include financing of energy, health and life sciences, EIB Global (development policy together with Vice-President Fayolle; pre-accession policy is with Vice-President Kakouris), financing operations in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia*, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific, except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), jointly with Vice-President Fayolle), relations with the EIB Group Audit Committee, corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion, Legal – lending operations. Vice-President Östros also oversees relations with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Ombudsman, relations with the Gulf countries, relations with central banks’ debt management offices, and relations with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
The future of Europe will depend on the magnitude and the quality of investment and reforms. These are the two main tools to foster the so-called dual transition. By hearing views from the industry and the Commission, as well as the EIB, this panel will provide possible ways forward in this challenging path.
Mario Nava is the Director-General of DG REFORM of the European Commission that he joined in 1994. Previously, he held 3 Director and 2 Heads of Unit posts in the DG for financial services. He was also President of Italian Financial Market Authority (CONSOB). He is active in research and teaching at Bocconi University (Milan) and at Solvay Business School (Brussels).
Elizabeth was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in September 2021 and became Chair in April 2022.
Elizabeth is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc, Chair of the Impact Investing Institute and a Trustee of the British Museum. She was previously the CEO of Allianz Global Investors and a non executive director of Morgan Stanley Inc. and Pearson plc.
She is a director of the Green Finance Institute; serves on the investment committee of the Leverhulme Trust; is a member of the CFA Future of Finance Advisory Council, the Committee of 200 and the 300 Club.
Elizabeth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is also a published author of crime thrillers.
She was awarded a CBE in January 2015 and a DBE in June 2019 for services to the economy and financial services.
Francesco is the Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Europe. Based in Dublin, he serves on the Board of Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and leads the Barclays Europe Executive Committee.
Francesco joined Barclays in London in 2010, as Global Head of Barclays Corporate Development, where in addition to corporate activity on Barclays’ behalf, he was responsible for all Principal Investments across Barclays Group. In 2018, he moved to the Investment Bank as Co-Head of Barclays EME Financial Institutions Group and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Europe in 2020.
Prior to Barclays, Francesco worked as a Senior Banker at JP Morgan in New York. Before JP Morgan, he held a number of senior roles at Bear Stearns, Lazard and GE Capital.
Francesco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from University of Oxford and a Master of Science in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics.
Described in Ireland’s Better Business magazine as “one of Europe’s most prominent news figures,” Angela started her career at Sky News in 2008, working as a producer, reporter and presenter for more than a decade, before expanding her career to work for CNBC, ITV, IG, Capital.com and also for international news channel Euronews, helping to launch and anchor various new shows and is currently overseeing the channel’s business news coverage from Brussels. Angela also carries out high-segment media work for the United Nations in Geneva and has advised some of the world’s biggest banks on their media communications strategies. She also contributes regular analysis and opinion pieces to The Daily Telegraph and Yahoo Finance.
The development of the regulatory environment must be done by delivering carefully calibrated regulations. This should aim to ensure the value of this transition is harnessed while maintaining stability and establishing effective safeguards. This panel will explore the possible options and understand what regulators and industry should do to help this transition.
Verena Ross is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 November 2021 and is responsible for representing the Authority as well as preparing the work of and chairing its Board of Supervisors and Management Board.
Between 2011 and 2021 Verena Ross served as ESMA’s first Executive Director, when she was responsible for building up the organisation and overseeing its day to day running.
Prior to this, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and was a member of the FSA’s Executive Committee. Verena joined the FSA in 1998 to run the Executive Chairman’s office during the regulator’s start-up phase and was briefly a seconded advisor to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in 2000. She held various positions in the FSA’s Markets Division and was Director of Strategy & Risk Division before becoming Director of the International Division.
Verena is a German national. Following studies in Sinology and Economics in Hamburg, Taipei and London (SOAS) she began her career at the Bank of England in 1994, where she worked as an economist and banking supervisor.
José Manuel Campa, is the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He was appointed in March 2019 and is serving a renewable five-year term. He represents the Authority and by chairing the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board, he steers the strategic direction of the Authority.
From 2015 and prior to this appointment, Campa served as Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, for the Grupo Santander. Prior to that, he was Professor of Finance and Economics at IESE Business School.
Between 2009 and 2011 Campa served as Secretary of State for the Economy in the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Spain. He was a member of the Financial Stability Board, the board of the European Financial Stability Facility, the Economic and Financial Committee and alternate governor in multilateral financial institutions. He has served in the Expert Group, chair by Mr. Erkki Liikanen, evaluating policy recommendations on structural reforms for the European Banking industry.
He has also taught at the Stern School of Business of New York University and at Columbia University. He has been Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research. Mr. Campa has also been a consultant to a large number of international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, and the European Commission.
He has served on the boards of Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) Europe, Bruegel, and General de Alquiler de Maquinaria.
José Manuel Campa holds a Ph.D. and a master degree in economics from Harvard University and a Licenciatura in law and in economics from the Universidad de Oviedo.
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) effective 1 December 2022.
Prior to joining the ISSB, Ms. Bofinger-Schuster served in multiple senior management positions at Siemens. In her last role, as Senior Vice President for sustainability and operational excellence, she was responsible for developing the company’s sustainability strategy and for implementing new disclosure requirements.Her passion is to solve strategic challenges and to ensure that sustainability is an integral part of the company’s decision making.
Before entering the world of sustainability, she held senior positions at Siemens Management Consulting and at Horváth Management Consulting, solving the toughest business challenges for her clients from different industries around the world.
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Augsburg and an MBA from the University of Dayton, Ohio.
She is a mother of two boys and very much enjoys spending her weekends as soccer mom.
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Career
Philippe Bordenave has been appointed Senior Executive Advisor to the CE0 and the Chair of BNP Paribas in 2021. He was previously BNP Paribas Group Chief 0perating 0fficer.
Philippe Bordenave joined BNP in 1985, where he became a key player in the development of the bank’s financial markets business, serving as Head of the Paris dealing room from 1987 to 1992 and Head of Global Markets from 1993 to 1997. In this latter role he was instrumental in driving the growth of financial derivatives trading, which enabled BNP to gain a major share of these markets worldwide.
In 1998, he became Chief Financial Officer for BNP. In 2000, following the merger with Paribas that created the BNP Paribas Group, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for the newly-merged Group. He became a member of the Group Executive Committee in 2002, deputy COO in 2005 and COO in 2011.
Philippe Bordenave started his career at the French Treasury.
Education
Philippe Bordenave graduated from two of leading French academic institutions : École Polytechnique and École Nationale d’Administration.
Brad Levy is the chief executive officer at Symphony, the leading financial markets’ infrastructure and technology platform.
Prior to Symphony, Brad was a partner and executive at global analytics and information provider, IHS Markit, having also served as CEO of MarkitSERV and global head of its loan settlement and software services division. Earlier in his career, he spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, culminating in his role as managing director and global head of GS’s Principal Strategic Investments Group.
He was recently recognized as CEO of the Year at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards and included in the TabbFORUM 40 Top Innovators in Financial Markets list, highlighting Brad’s deep markets expertise and commitment to driving innovation and tackling inefficiencies in the industry. He had been previously recognized with the Markets Choice Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award for his dedication to driving change as a global leader in financial services.
Brad has served on numerous boards within the financial sector and is a sought-after advisor and speaker.
Katharine Braddick joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy and senior adviser to the CEO. In this capacity she will define and execute Barclays’ strategic policy agenda, aligning it to Barclays’ multi-jurisdictional government and regulatory landscape. Previously she was Director General for Financial Services at HM Treasury, in which role she also sat on the Financial Stability Board. Previously she worked at the Bank of England, where she was Director of Prudential Policy, and worked at the UK Financial Services Authority in a variety of roles. She began her career in the civil service and has also worked at the Association of British Insurers, leading on regulation of general insurance. Katharine was educated at the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge.
Martin Moloney joined the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in September 2021 as Secretary General.
Prior to joining IOSCO, Martin was Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and before that he worked as a Special Adviser on Risk and Regulation to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), where he served for 16 years, previously heading up the Markets Policy, Markets Supervision, and Legal and Finance Divisions respectively. Prior to joining the CBI, Martin worked for brief periods in the Department of Justice and the Irish Competition Authority, and spent ten years working in the Irish Department of Finance in positions of responsibility in relation to both national and semi-State debt management and the sale of State banks. Martin spent his early career working in Industry at Barclays Bank and the Bank of Ireland in London.
Martin has an LLM in Business Law and a Masters qualification in Economic Policy, both from Trinity College Dublin. He has Postgraduate Diplomas in Arbitration, Regulatory Management and has completed professional examinations of the Chartered Institutes of Bankers and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Jack Schickler is senior finance reporter at Euronews, Brussels. He previously worked as a journalist at news sites MLex and CoinDesk, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the UK Treasury.
Representatives from the various political groups in the European Parliament will present and debate their manifestos as they relate to the role of financial services, capital markets and investments in European infrastructure.
Eva-Maria Poptcheva (Bulgaria, 1979) is a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos and a member of the European liberal group Renew Europe. She is also vice-chair of the parliamentary committee on economic and monetary affairs and substitute member of the budget committee.
She studied law at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg (Germany). She holds a PhD in European constitutional law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she also taught Spanish and EU constitutional law.
After a first work experience at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Eva-Poptcheva practiced law in Germany (Baden-Baden) and Spain (Barcelona). In 2012 she passed the competitions for access to the European civil service, and started her career at the European Parliament.
She started as an analyst at the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), focusing on issues such as Brexit and European economic governance. Subsequently, she worked as a public policy advisor in the cabinet of the Secretary General of the Parliament and then as a member of the Secretariat of the Conference on the Future of Europe. A few months before taking up the position of MEP, Eva-Maria Poptcheva was appointed Head of the Legislative Affairs Unit of the European Parliament.
Eva-Maria Poptcheva is the author of numerous academic and press publications.
Alfred Sant studied at the University of Malta, at the Institut International d’Administration Publique in Paris, and at Boston and Harvard Universities in the US. He worked as a diplomat and later as a management consultant. He served as President of the Malta Labour Party, member of the Maltese Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party and between 1996-1998 Prime Minister of Malta.
Alfred Sant was elected Member of the European Parliament in May 2014 and again in May 2019.
Jack Schickler is senior finance reporter at Euronews, Brussels. He previously worked as a journalist at news sites MLex and CoinDesk, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the UK Treasury.
David has a portfolio of senior management roles in the European public affairs industry and has advised over 100 of the world’s largest financial institutions, technology companies, fintechs and trade associations on their public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management activities across Europe, the UK and globally. He leads Kreab’s Global Financial Services Practice and is the Founding Partner of the European Financial Policy Advisers Network – covering 10 European countries. David has worked at the European Commission, the Financial Services Authority, McKinsey & Company, and Campbell Lutyens.
Mairead McGuinness is the European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union.
The Commissioner’s vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment.
Before joining the Commission in October 2020, Ms. McGuinness was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years and was a Vice-President of the Parliament since 2014.
As Vice-President, she oversaw relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue with religious and philosophical organisations and had responsibility for the Parliament’s communication policy.
During her time in the Parliament, Ms. McGuinness sat on a range of committees, covering agriculture, environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. Her legislative work included leading for the EPP Group on the European Climate Law, the revision of medical devices legislation, and CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, she was outspoken on Brexit and the consequences for the EU and Ireland.
In 2006-2007, Ms. McGuinness chaired the Parliament’s investigation into the collapse of the Equitable Life assurance company which identified issues around weak financial regulation.
Prior to becoming an MEP, she was an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator.
Vice-President Östros’s areas of oversight include financing of energy, health and life sciences, EIB Global (development policy together with Vice-President Fayolle; pre-accession policy is with Vice-President Kakouris), financing operations in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia*, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific, except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), jointly with Vice-President Fayolle), relations with the EIB Group Audit Committee, corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion, Legal – lending operations. Vice-President Östros also oversees relations with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Ombudsman, relations with the Gulf countries, relations with central banks’ debt management offices, and relations with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
The future of Europe will depend on the magnitude and the quality of investment and reforms. These are the two main tools to foster the so-called dual transition. By hearing views from the industry and the Commission, as well as the EIB, this panel will provide possible ways forward in this challenging path.
Mario Nava is the Director-General of DG REFORM of the European Commission that he joined in 1994. Previously, he held 3 Director and 2 Heads of Unit posts in the DG for financial services. He was also President of Italian Financial Market Authority (CONSOB). He is active in research and teaching at Bocconi University (Milan) and at Solvay Business School (Brussels).
Elizabeth was appointed as an independent non-executive Director in September 2021 and became Chair in April 2022.
Elizabeth is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc, Chair of the Impact Investing Institute and a Trustee of the British Museum. She was previously the CEO of Allianz Global Investors and a non executive director of Morgan Stanley Inc. and Pearson plc.
She is a director of the Green Finance Institute; serves on the investment committee of the Leverhulme Trust; is a member of the CFA Future of Finance Advisory Council, the Committee of 200 and the 300 Club.
Elizabeth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is also a published author of crime thrillers.
She was awarded a CBE in January 2015 and a DBE in June 2019 for services to the economy and financial services.
Francesco is the Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Europe. Based in Dublin, he serves on the Board of Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and leads the Barclays Europe Executive Committee.
Francesco joined Barclays in London in 2010, as Global Head of Barclays Corporate Development, where in addition to corporate activity on Barclays’ behalf, he was responsible for all Principal Investments across Barclays Group. In 2018, he moved to the Investment Bank as Co-Head of Barclays EME Financial Institutions Group and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Europe in 2020.
Prior to Barclays, Francesco worked as a Senior Banker at JP Morgan in New York. Before JP Morgan, he held a number of senior roles at Bear Stearns, Lazard and GE Capital.
Francesco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from University of Oxford and a Master of Science in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics.
Described in Ireland’s Better Business magazine as “one of Europe’s most prominent news figures,” Angela started her career at Sky News in 2008, working as a producer, reporter and presenter for more than a decade, before expanding her career to work for CNBC, ITV, IG, Capital.com and also for international news channel Euronews, helping to launch and anchor various new shows and is currently overseeing the channel’s business news coverage from Brussels. Angela also carries out high-segment media work for the United Nations in Geneva and has advised some of the world’s biggest banks on their media communications strategies. She also contributes regular analysis and opinion pieces to The Daily Telegraph and Yahoo Finance.
The development of the regulatory environment must be done by delivering carefully calibrated regulations. This should aim to ensure the value of this transition is harnessed while maintaining stability and establishing effective safeguards. This panel will explore the possible options and understand what regulators and industry should do to help this transition.
Verena Ross is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 November 2021 and is responsible for representing the Authority as well as preparing the work of and chairing its Board of Supervisors and Management Board.
Between 2011 and 2021 Verena Ross served as ESMA’s first Executive Director, when she was responsible for building up the organisation and overseeing its day to day running.
Prior to this, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and was a member of the FSA’s Executive Committee. Verena joined the FSA in 1998 to run the Executive Chairman’s office during the regulator’s start-up phase and was briefly a seconded advisor to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in 2000. She held various positions in the FSA’s Markets Division and was Director of Strategy & Risk Division before becoming Director of the International Division.
Verena is a German national. Following studies in Sinology and Economics in Hamburg, Taipei and London (SOAS) she began her career at the Bank of England in 1994, where she worked as an economist and banking supervisor.
José Manuel Campa, is the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He was appointed in March 2019 and is serving a renewable five-year term. He represents the Authority and by chairing the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board, he steers the strategic direction of the Authority.
From 2015 and prior to this appointment, Campa served as Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, for the Grupo Santander. Prior to that, he was Professor of Finance and Economics at IESE Business School.
Between 2009 and 2011 Campa served as Secretary of State for the Economy in the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Spain. He was a member of the Financial Stability Board, the board of the European Financial Stability Facility, the Economic and Financial Committee and alternate governor in multilateral financial institutions. He has served in the Expert Group, chair by Mr. Erkki Liikanen, evaluating policy recommendations on structural reforms for the European Banking industry.
He has also taught at the Stern School of Business of New York University and at Columbia University. He has been Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research. Mr. Campa has also been a consultant to a large number of international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, and the European Commission.
He has served on the boards of Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) Europe, Bruegel, and General de Alquiler de Maquinaria.
José Manuel Campa holds a Ph.D. and a master degree in economics from Harvard University and a Licenciatura in law and in economics from the Universidad de Oviedo.
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) effective 1 December 2022.
Prior to joining the ISSB, Ms. Bofinger-Schuster served in multiple senior management positions at Siemens. In her last role, as Senior Vice President for sustainability and operational excellence, she was responsible for developing the company’s sustainability strategy and for implementing new disclosure requirements.Her passion is to solve strategic challenges and to ensure that sustainability is an integral part of the company’s decision making.
Before entering the world of sustainability, she held senior positions at Siemens Management Consulting and at Horváth Management Consulting, solving the toughest business challenges for her clients from different industries around the world.
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Augsburg and an MBA from the University of Dayton, Ohio.
She is a mother of two boys and very much enjoys spending her weekends as soccer mom.
CV:
Career
Philippe Bordenave has been appointed Senior Executive Advisor to the CE0 and the Chair of BNP Paribas in 2021. He was previously BNP Paribas Group Chief 0perating 0fficer.
Philippe Bordenave joined BNP in 1985, where he became a key player in the development of the bank’s financial markets business, serving as Head of the Paris dealing room from 1987 to 1992 and Head of Global Markets from 1993 to 1997. In this latter role he was instrumental in driving the growth of financial derivatives trading, which enabled BNP to gain a major share of these markets worldwide.
In 1998, he became Chief Financial Officer for BNP. In 2000, following the merger with Paribas that created the BNP Paribas Group, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for the newly-merged Group. He became a member of the Group Executive Committee in 2002, deputy COO in 2005 and COO in 2011.
Philippe Bordenave started his career at the French Treasury.
Education
Philippe Bordenave graduated from two of leading French academic institutions : École Polytechnique and École Nationale d’Administration.
Brad Levy is the chief executive officer at Symphony, the leading financial markets’ infrastructure and technology platform.
Prior to Symphony, Brad was a partner and executive at global analytics and information provider, IHS Markit, having also served as CEO of MarkitSERV and global head of its loan settlement and software services division. Earlier in his career, he spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, culminating in his role as managing director and global head of GS’s Principal Strategic Investments Group.
He was recently recognized as CEO of the Year at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards and included in the TabbFORUM 40 Top Innovators in Financial Markets list, highlighting Brad’s deep markets expertise and commitment to driving innovation and tackling inefficiencies in the industry. He had been previously recognized with the Markets Choice Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award for his dedication to driving change as a global leader in financial services.
Brad has served on numerous boards within the financial sector and is a sought-after advisor and speaker.
Katharine Braddick joined Barclays in March 2022 in a new role as Group Head of Strategic Policy and senior adviser to the CEO. In this capacity she will define and execute Barclays’ strategic policy agenda, aligning it to Barclays’ multi-jurisdictional government and regulatory landscape. Previously she was Director General for Financial Services at HM Treasury, in which role she also sat on the Financial Stability Board. Previously she worked at the Bank of England, where she was Director of Prudential Policy, and worked at the UK Financial Services Authority in a variety of roles. She began her career in the civil service and has also worked at the Association of British Insurers, leading on regulation of general insurance. Katharine was educated at the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge.
Martin Moloney joined the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in September 2021 as Secretary General.
Prior to joining IOSCO, Martin was Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and before that he worked as a Special Adviser on Risk and Regulation to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), where he served for 16 years, previously heading up the Markets Policy, Markets Supervision, and Legal and Finance Divisions respectively. Prior to joining the CBI, Martin worked for brief periods in the Department of Justice and the Irish Competition Authority, and spent ten years working in the Irish Department of Finance in positions of responsibility in relation to both national and semi-State debt management and the sale of State banks. Martin spent his early career working in Industry at Barclays Bank and the Bank of Ireland in London.
Martin has an LLM in Business Law and a Masters qualification in Economic Policy, both from Trinity College Dublin. He has Postgraduate Diplomas in Arbitration, Regulatory Management and has completed professional examinations of the Chartered Institutes of Bankers and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Jack Schickler is senior finance reporter at Euronews, Brussels. He previously worked as a journalist at news sites MLex and CoinDesk, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the UK Treasury.
Representatives from the various political groups in the European Parliament will present and debate their manifestos as they relate to the role of financial services, capital markets and investments in European infrastructure.
Eva-Maria Poptcheva (Bulgaria, 1979) is a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos and a member of the European liberal group Renew Europe. She is also vice-chair of the parliamentary committee on economic and monetary affairs and substitute member of the budget committee.
She studied law at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg (Germany). She holds a PhD in European constitutional law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she also taught Spanish and EU constitutional law.
After a first work experience at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Eva-Poptcheva practiced law in Germany (Baden-Baden) and Spain (Barcelona). In 2012 she passed the competitions for access to the European civil service, and started her career at the European Parliament.
She started as an analyst at the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), focusing on issues such as Brexit and European economic governance. Subsequently, she worked as a public policy advisor in the cabinet of the Secretary General of the Parliament and then as a member of the Secretariat of the Conference on the Future of Europe. A few months before taking up the position of MEP, Eva-Maria Poptcheva was appointed Head of the Legislative Affairs Unit of the European Parliament.
Eva-Maria Poptcheva is the author of numerous academic and press publications.
Alfred Sant studied at the University of Malta, at the Institut International d’Administration Publique in Paris, and at Boston and Harvard Universities in the US. He worked as a diplomat and later as a management consultant. He served as President of the Malta Labour Party, member of the Maltese Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party and between 1996-1998 Prime Minister of Malta.
Alfred Sant was elected Member of the European Parliament in May 2014 and again in May 2019.
Jack Schickler is senior finance reporter at Euronews, Brussels. He previously worked as a journalist at news sites MLex and CoinDesk, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the UK Treasury.
Francesco is the Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Europe. Based in Dublin, he serves on the Board of Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and leads the Barclays Europe Executive Committee.
Francesco joined Barclays in London in 2010, as Global Head of Barclays Corporate Development, where in addition to corporate activity on Barclays’ behalf, he was responsible for all Principal Investments across Barclays Group. In 2018, he moved to the Investment Bank as Co-Head of Barclays EME Financial Institutions Group and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Europe in 2020.
Prior to Barclays, Francesco worked as a Senior Banker at JP Morgan in New York. Before JP Morgan, he held a number of senior roles at Bear Stearns, Lazard and GE Capital.
Francesco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from University of Oxford and a Master of Science in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics.
CEO, Barclays Europe
Andrea Sironi has been a member of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali since February 28, 2022.
He graduated in Economics from the Bocconi University in Milan. In addition to being Rector of Bocconi University, he also held the role of Vice Rector for International Relations, Dean of the Graduate School and director of the research division of SDA Bocconi. His research activity has so far mainly concerned the measurement and management of risks in financial institutions and the regulation of markets and financial institutions. He has published numerous articles in national and international scientific journals and numerous Italian and international books.
He was financial analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank in London, Chair of CEMS, the global alliance of management schools, member of the board of directors of London Stock Exchange Group, Banco Popolare, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Unicredit Group and Intesa Sanpaolo. He was Vice-chair of Banca Aletti and Chair of Borsa Italiana.
Andrea Sironi is currently President and Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University in Milan.
Chairman, Generali
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder is Deputy Director General of the European Commission´s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union since March 2021. In her function, Alexandra Jour-Schroeder supervises and monitors the policies of the Directorate General.
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder is a graduate in law. Following initial assignments in the German federal government, she started working for the European Commission in 1996, holding several positions in competition, enterprise and industry policies as well as justice. From 1998 to 2007, she was Member of Cabinet for the Commissioners responsible for regional policy and justice and home affairs and for the Vice-President for enterprise and industry. Since 2017, she has been the Director for Criminal Justice in the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, working inter alia on the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor´s Office and Anti-Money Laundering policies. From 2018 to 2021, she was also overseeing consumer policies as Acting Deputy Director General in DG Justice and Consumers.
Deputy Director-General, DG FISMA, European Commission
Constance Chalchat is the Head of CIB Company Engagement, Global Markets Chief Sustainability Officer and is a member of the BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking Board.
Constance is responsible for Corporate Engagement, Sustainable Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Strategic Marketing & Communication within CIB. As sustainability is at the core of BNP Paribas’s strategy, CIB Company Engagement’s mission is to work closely with all of CIB business lines and functions in order to accelerate its sustainable finance activities, as well as partnering with Human Resources to promote diversity and inclusion, drivers of engagement within the company.
Additionally, in her role as Chief Sustainability Officer for Global Markets, a world leader in Sustainable finance, Constance is in charge of leading the change of our markets activities, and fostering change at our clients and partners, incorporating ESG in analysis, modelling and decision making.
Since joining BNP Paribas in 2001, Constance has held various management positions in Transformation, Digital, Analytics, AI and Sustainable Development.
Constance holds an MBA in Finance from HEC Paris business school and certifications from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
She is the author of “Technology, threat or lever of change?” published in l’Annale des Mines in 2018.
Head of CIB Company Engagement & Global Markets Chief Sustainability Officer, BNP Paribas
Petra is EIOPA Chairperson and is leading the Authority since September 2021. On 27 May 2021 the Council adopted the decision to appoint her after the confirmation by the European Parliament on 18 May 2021.
Prior to that role she was Division Director Insurance Supervision at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB, the Dutch Central Bank). The division is responsible for the supervision of the Dutch insurance sector. Petra joined DNB in February 2007. In 2013 she became Head Insurance Policy. In 2015 she was appointed as Head of the DNB Expert Center for Fit & Proper testing, assessing (supervisory and management) board members in the financial sector. In February 2017 she started as Director of Payments and Market Infrastructures and was responsible for the payments and collateral operations of the central bank, oversight, policy and cyberintelligence. Also the TIBER project (Threat Intelligence Based Ethical Red teaming) was part of her responsibilities. Prior to joining the Dutch Central Bank Petra had an international career in the oil and gas industry.
Petra was an Alternate Member of the EIOPA Board of Supervisors. She was also the Chair of the EIOPA Policy Committee.
Petra has a European Masters in Law & Economics and a Masters in Russian Studies. She is married and proud mother of three children.
Chairperson, EIOPA
William De Vijlder has been Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas since 2014. He began his career in the Economic Research Department at Belgium’s Générale de Banque
in 1987 and joined the Asset Management division in 1989. At Fortis Investments he was Managing Director
and Global Chief Investment Officer. When joining BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2010, he became a
member of its Executive Committee and Chief Investment Officer of Partners and Alternative Investments.
He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Ghent
(Belgium), where he has been a senior lecturer since 1991. He is a board member of Le Club du CEPII and is also a member of the Group of Economic Advisers to ESMA’s Committee for Economic and Market Analysis.
Group Chief Economist, BNP Paribas
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin is a Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and substitute member in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH) and in the sub-committee on taxation (FISC). She is also Chair of the delegation for relations with Canada, and a substitute member of the delegation for relations with the United States, and of the delegation for relations with the United Kingdom.
Stéphanie is the rapporteur for the ECON committee on the Digital Markets Act, and is closely involved on all legislative discussions on the regulation of financial services at EU level, notably in the on-going negotiations on digital finance.
Stéphanie is also a member of the Normandy Regional Council. Prior to her election as an MEP in 2019, she was Mayor of Saint-Contest, a member of the Calvados Departmental Council, and a Vice-President of the urban community Caen la Mer.
Prior to that, Stéphanie worked as an advisor on international affairs in the office of Bruno Lasserre, former President of the French Competition Authority. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2004, specialising in competition law, and worked in international law firms. She also worked as a legal expert in the European Commission.
Stéphanie holds a Master’s degree in law from the Universities of Caen and Bristol, and a Master’s degree in European Business Law from the Institute of European Studies.
Member, European Parliament
José Manuel Campa is the current chairperson of the European Banking Authority.
After studying law and economics at the University of Oviedo and earning his PhD in economics from Harvard University, Mr. Campa taught finance at New York University and the IESE Business School and consulted for a number of international organisations including the World Bank, the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements and the European Commission.
He then served as the 10th Secretary of State for Economy of the Spanish government and was most recently Director of Regulatory affairs of the Santander Bank.
Chairperson, European Banking Authority
Markus Ferber, born in 1965 in Augsburg and an engineer by profession, has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1994. During his time in office, he has served in multiple high-profile roles, such as Chairman of the CSU delegation in the European Parliament and Co-Chairman of the CDU/CSU delegation in the EPP Group. Currently, he serves as the Coordinator of the European Peoples Party (EPP) in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. As rapporteur for the recast of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) he has been the European Parliament’s lead negotiator for one of the key pieces of post-crisis financial markets regulation. Markus Ferber takes a keen interest in financial services as well as banking and insurance legislation. On 1 January 2020, Ferber became Chairman of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation, a political foundation associated with the CSU
Member, European Parliament
Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Biography will be included shortly.
Morten Bech joined the BIS in mid-2011. Before taking up his current assignment in 2020, he was the head of the secretariat supporting the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures with responsibility for coordinating and contributing to the activities of the Committee and its various working groups. He has also served as Secretary to the Markets Committee. He previously worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Danish central bank. In 2009, he was a visitor at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has written on various issues relating to monetary policy implementation, money markets, the network topology of financial markets, large-value payment systems and systemic risk.
Centre Head - Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub
Professor Danuta Hübner is a Polish economist, academic and policy maker. Born in 1948, she received her Masters degree from the Foreign Trade Department at the Warsaw School of Economics (1971) and a PhD in 1974. She is still teaching at the Warsaw School of Economics and was awarded honorary doctorates in economies and law by several universities including Sussex University and Economic University in Poznan.
Before becoming an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister in Poland in 1994, she has been engaged in building the new Polish economy after communism. As a Polish Advisor, Vice-Minister or Minister, she has promoted a new approach to industrial policy as well as the development to prepare Poland’s entry in the European Union and in the OECD. Ms. Hubner became the first Polish Minister for European Affairs and the first Polish member of the European Commission (regional policy).
Since 2009, she has been a Member of the European Parliament, where she uses her experience in international institutions, for instance as Undersecretary General for the United Nations (Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva between 1998 and 2000).
Member, European Parliament
Paul Tang is a Member of the European Parliament for the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) since July 2014, as part of the Group of Socialists and Democrats. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam and worked for the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis before entering the Dutch parliament in 2007.
Here, Paul Tang was spokesperson for financial and fiscal affairs from 2007 until 2010, right through the financial crisis.
In 2014, Paul Tang led the list of the PvdA for the European elections. In 2019 he was re-elected. Paul Tang mainly works on economic and financial affairs (ECON), with a focus on fair taxation and sustainable finance, and the role of data in our society (LIBE). Since September 2020, Tang is chair of the subcommittee on taxation (FISC).
Paul Tang (23 april 1967) is sinds juli 2014 lid van het Europees Parlement namens de Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). En daarmee onderdeel van de groep Socialisten&Democraten (S&D). Hij ontving een PhD in Economie van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, en werkte voor het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en het Centraal Planbureau (CPB), voor hij in 2007 in de Tweede Kamer gekozen werd. Daar was Tang woordvoerder voor financiën en belastingzaken van 2007-2010, midden in de economische crisis.
In 2014 werd Tang door de leden van de PvdA gekozen tot lijsttrekker voor de Europese verkiezingen. In 2019 werd hij herkozen in het Europees parlement. Tang werkt in het Europees Parlement voornamelijk aan financiële en belastingzaken (ECON commissie), met een focus op eerlijke belastingen en een duurzame economie. Daarnaast werkt hij binnen hij aan de rol van data en privacy in onze samenleving (LIBE commissie). Vanaf september 2020 is Tang actief als voorzitter van de subcommissie over Belastingen (FISC).
Member, European Parliament
Lawrence is a globally recognised digital advocate in the financial services sector with a track record as an advisor, executive, and board member, working with firms from early-stage start-ups to global brands. Based in London, he is the Principal of Elipses, a digital investment management firm focused on sustainable investments and state of the art digital technologies like blockchain, big data, and AI. He is a co-founder of Global Digital Finance, a global members’ network delivering advocacy and standards to promote fair and transparent digital markets, and he is the former CEO of Innovate Finance, the UK fintech members association. Lawrence has an MBA, sits on several boards, and is a regular Forbes contributor. He promotes ethical and sustainable finance policies for a transparent, secure, and quality digital future for everyone.
Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance
Ingrid Holmes is the Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute. The GFI sits at the nexus of the public and private sectors and convenes and leads sectoral coalitions of global experts that identify and unlock barriers to investment towards impactful, real-economy outcomes, to benefit our environment, society, and business. Key areas of focus currently include energy efficiency in buildings, electric vehicle roll out, emerging markets infrastructure financing and financing nature based solutions. Ingrid was previously a Director and Head of Policy and Advocacy at Federated Hermes International. She was also the firm’s climate change coordinator. She has over 15 years of experience working on environmental policy and sustainable finance issues. Prior to joining Hermes Ingrid was a Director at sustainable development think tank E3G, leading a range of global initiatives on sustainable and inclusive finance. She has also held positions at the low carbon asset manager Climate Change Capital; been an energy and environment adviser in the UK Parliament; and adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Prior to that she had a career in science publishing and journalism.
Ingrid has held several Government advisory roles including Member of the UK Green Finance Initiative (2016/2018), Member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (2017/2018) and ran the Secretariat for the Green Finance Taskforce (2017/2018). She is currently Vice Chair of the Disclosures Working Group within the UK Prudential Regulation Authority/Financial Conduct Authority Climate Financial Risk Forum; Co-Chair of the Investment Association’s Climate Change Working Group; and Member of the Lloyd’s ESG Advisory Group.
Ingrid has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc/DIC in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Her BSc thesis was published in Genetical Research (Cambs) and she was awarded the Kathleen Lacy Prize for ranking first in her MSc specialism (Pollution Management).
Executive Director, Green Finance Institute
Jane Ambachtsheer oversees the firm’s ambitious approach to sustainable investment. This is empowered by the firm’s Sustainability Centre, which undertakes innovative research and policy development, guides BNPP AM’s investment stewardship and industry engagement activities, and supports investment teams in accessing, integrating and reporting on ESG factors. On the business side, Jane is responsible for BNPP AM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) approach, ensuring the firm’s day-to-day activities reflect the high standards it expects from companies. Jane is a member of BNPP AM’s Global Investment Committee and Business Management Committees, and reports to the Head of Investments, Rob Gambi.
Previously, Jane spent 18 years with global investment consultancy Mercer, where she was Partner and founder of the firm’s Responsible Investment business. Jane regularly researches, writes and speaks on topics addressing the intersection of sustainability and climate with finance and investment. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and a Research Affiliate at the University Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and holds a Master of Social Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Bachelor of Economics and English Literature with honours from York University.
Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management
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