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Now in its 20th consecutive year, the European Financial Services Conference is widely considered as the major event in the Brussels calendar on financial services, annually attracting some 600 senior bankers and financial policymakers to discuss the most pertinent issues affecting European and global financial markets.
Hosted by Barclays, Generali and Kreab, this year’s conference is planned to take place on 25 January 2022 as a hybrid event, combining both virtual and in-person participation at the BNP Paribas Fortis Auditorium in Brussels.
As we continue on the pathway out of the crisis, the conference will explore the vision for the next generation European financial system.
New ambitions, new visions – priorities in redefining Europe’s financial services systems
Sustainable and digital finance initiatives – do they go far enough?
A review of post global financial crisis reforms and recovery-oriented policies
Seizing the opportunity – maximising Europe’s attractiveness for global sustainable investment
Leaders of financial institutions, or any institution for that matter, have reset corporate strategy for a new operating environment. We will share some experiences from this process and what we have learned from it. However, for the first time in a decade, leaders are also facing a dramatically changing regulatory environment – with both horizontal new regulations around governance, transparency, and data as well as sectoral legislation impacting one or several parts of their businesses. This introduces another period of regulatory uncertainty which will last until EU elections in 2024. How do business and policy leaders see the wood for the trees in this changing landscape? This session will assess what kind of future we see being shaped by the current legislative and regulatory focus and offer judgements on whether this will position Europe’s financial system for global competitiveness or stagnation. We will assess:
It is no understatement to characterise 2022 as a pivotal year for financial sector policymakers, consumers, business, and investors. Sustainable and digital finance initiatives, reviews of all post global financial crisis reforms, and recovery oriented policies all coincide in this second phase of the 2019-2024 College and Parliamentary term. Europe is embarked on a historic transition of its regulatory system, informed by a new set of sustainable-first principles that
will help mobilise capital, strengthen corporate governance and accountability, and grow Europe’s economy. In this session we will focus on what is most important for Europe to agree on now, why this is important and how can this
be made a reality. This session will analyse:
We are learning fast by doing a lot. The material face of the EU’s industry policy vision is evident in the initiatives addressing technologies such as AI and Cloud and the market position of conglomerates in the DSA and DMA. An enabling framework for sharing data, DLT, crypto currencies (etc) will soon be in place. This begs the question of which business models will succeed in this environment, and what limitations will this place on access, choice, and innovation. This panel will provide insights into the overlapping worlds of finance, fintech and big tech and draw conclusions on what this means for citizens, businesses large and small, and supervisors. The goal is a digital financial services market that meets society’s needs and gives authorities the tools necessary to monitor, intervene, and enforce EU law. Questions that arise here are:
Francesco Ceccato, CEO, Barclays Europe 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
Santo Borsellino, Chairman of the Board of Generali Insurance Asset Management Santo Borsellino is Head of Corporate Governance Implementation & Sustainability at Generali since 2019 and is the Chairman of Generali Insurance Asset Management.
An Italian citizen born in 1968, he graduated at the University of Bologna in 1995 and holds an MBA degree from the AMOS Tuck School, Dartmouth College in 1999.
He started his professional career in 1995 as a Financial Analyst in Bologna. From 1997 to 2005 he was European Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Lehman Brothers International and Urwick Capital LLp.
In 2005 he became Vice President of the Equity Research Insurance Team at Credit Suisse.
In 2006, he was Portfolio Manager at EurizonCapital SGR S.p.A.
He joined Generali Group as Head of Equity. In 2013 he was appointed CEO of Generali Investment Europe.
He holds various responsibilities, including Member of the Board of Generali Investment Asia in Hong Kong, Member of the Board of Directors of EFAMA, Vice President of Assogestioni , and Member of the Italian Corporate Governance Committee at Borsa Italiana.
Chairman of the Board of Generali Insurance Asset Management
Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Deputy Director-General, DG FISMA, European Commission 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
Petra Hielkema, Chairperson, EIOPA 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, Group Chief Economist, BNP Paribas Fortis 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, Member, European Parliament 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, Chairperson, European Banking Authority A biography will appear here soon.
Chairperson, European Banking Authority
David Reed, Senior Partner, 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.
Senior Partner, Head of The Financial Policy Advisers Network, Kreab
Danuta Hübner, Member, European Parliament 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, 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 Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance 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, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute 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, Global Head of Sustainability. BNP Paribas Asset Management 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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