Speaker Biographies

Confirmed speakers include:

Moderators

Michel Barnier

EU Commissioner for Internal Market & Services

Personal details:
French
Born January 9, 1951 in La Tronche (Isère)
Married
3 children

Current duties:
Since February 2010 - European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
Since March 2006, Vice President of the European People's Party
Since 2006, Political Advisor of the UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire)

Political career:
June 2009 - February 2010: Member of the European Parliament, President of the French delegation of the EPP
June 2007 - June 2009: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
April 2004 - May 2005: Minister of Foreign Affairs
1999 - 2004: European Commissioner in charge of Regional Policy and the Reform of European Institutions
1997 -1999: Senator of Savoie
1995 - 1997: Minister of European Affairs
1993 - 1995: Minister for the Environment
1982 - 1999: President of the Regional Council of Savoie
1978 -1995: Deputy of Savoie
1973 - 1999: Regional Councillor for Savoie (Bourg-Saint-Maurice District)

Professional career:
February 2006 - May 2007: Vice President of Mérieux Alliance, in charge of International Relations
Since September 2005: Member of the Council of State

Other activities:
In 2006, Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel BARROSO. Presentation of a report proposing the creation of "For A European Civil Protection Force: Europe Aid "
Since May 2003: Founding President of the club "New Republic"
1997 -1999: President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
1987 - 1992: Co-president with Jean-Claude KILLY of the Organisation Committee of the XVIth Olympic Games of Albertville and Savoie

Publications:
2008: "Europe, cards on the table“ - Acropole
2008: "Who will feed the world: a new agricultural revolution" - Acropole
2007: "Atlas for a sustainable world" - Acropole
2005: "Sortir l’Europe des idées reçues" - Plon
2001: "Notre contrat pour l'alternance" - Plon
1994: "Vers une mer inconnue" - Pluriel
1994: "Le Défi écologique - Chacun pour tous" - Hachette
1992: " Atlas des risques majeurs" - Plon
1985: "Vive la politique" - Stock

Education:
Diploma - Paris College of Business
1972: Diploma - ESCP

Languages:
French (mother tongue)
English

Antony Jenkins

CEO, Barclays

Antony Jenkins is the Group Chief Executive of Barclays.

Previously, he was Chief Executive of Barclays Retail and Business Banking, a position he held since November 2009.

Antony started his career at Barclays in 1983; where he completed the Barclays Management Development Programme before going on to hold various roles in retail and corporate banking. He moved to Citigroup in 1989, working in both London and New York. In January 2006, he rejoined Barclays as Chief Executive of Barclaycard.

Antony is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of International Finance, Cranfield School of Management and Catalyst. He is also the Chairman of the Banking Environment Initiative, International Advisory Panel member for the Money Authority of Singapore and an advisor to the Acumen Fund.

Antony is married and a father of two children.

Vítor Constâncio

Vice-President, European Central Bank

Education:
1965: Degree in Economics awarded by the Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras (nowadays called Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, ISEG), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
1973-1974: Post-graduate studies at the University of Bristol (UK)

Professional career:
1965-1973: Assistant Professor of Economics, ISEG
1972-1973: Head of Department, Economic Models and Global Programming at the Centre of Planning Studies
Professor, Instituto Superior do Serviço Social
1974-1975: Secretary of State, Planning in the I and II Provisional Governments
1975: Head of Research Department, Banco de Portugal
1976: Secretary of State, Budget and Planning
1977: Deputy Governor, Banco de Portugal
President, Commission for European Integration
1978: Minister of Finance
1979: Deputy Governor, Banco de Portugal
President, Commission for European Integration
1980-1981: Professor, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Member of Parliament and President, Parliamentary Commission on European Affairs
President, Portuguese section of the European Movement
1981-1984: Deputy Governor, Banco de Portugal
1982-1984: Guest Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
1985-1986: Governor, Banco de Portugal
1987-1988: Member of Parliament
1989-1994: Guest Professor of Economics, ISEG
Senior Adviser, Banco de Portugal
1995-1999: Guest Professor of Economics, ISEG
Member of the Conselho de Estado, an advisory body to the President of the Republic
Member of the Board, Executive Director, Banco Português de Investimento and subsequently non-executive member, Board of EDP
2000-2009: Governor, Banco de Portugal and member of the ECB Governing Council
Guest Professor of Economics, ISEG
2010: Vice-President of the European Central Bank

Elisa Ferreira

Member, European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament (since 2005).
Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary
Affairs.
Graduate in economics (University of Oporto, 1977);
M.A. and Ph.D. (University of Reading, UK, 1981 and
1985 respectively).
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Oporto
(since 1977). Non-permanent member of the Catholic
University (since 1986).
Minister for the Environment (1995-1999); Minister for
Planning (1999-2002)
Member of the Assembly of the Republic (2002-2004); Vice-Chair of the
parliamentary party of the PS (2002-2003).
Assistant director, Northern Region Water Resources Management Project
(1986-1987). Coordinator, Preparatory Studies for the Integrated
Development Operation for the Vale do Ave (1989). Chairman, Executive
Committee of the Integrated Development Operation, Vale do Ave (1990-
1992). Vice-Chairman, Northern Region Coordination Commission (1989-
1992). Executive Vice-President, Portuguese Enterprise Association (1992-
1994).
Member of the Administrative Board, National Statistical Institute (1989-1992).
Author of various articles and essays published in Portugal and abroad.

Marcin Kawiński

Member, Financial Services User Group

Dr. Marcin Kawiński is a reader at the Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Social Insurance. His scientific interest focuses on management of social risk with special attention paid to usage of insurance for households and consumer issues. PhD’s thesis (at the Warsaw School of Economics in 2007) was concentrated on effectiveness and efficiency of public and private insurance in social policy. Dissertation was financed within doctoral grant awarded by Ministry of Science and prized by Ministry of Social Affairs. The revised version of PhD dissertation was published.

Scientific projects lead by Kawiński have focused on usage of insurance within wide range of risks, like: sickness, unemployment and old age. The on-going projects are dedicated to personal finance from insurance perspective (microinsurance in Poland, insurance awareness of Polish citizens, insurance for households – scientific grants).The past projects covered guarantee schemes in pension basic schemes (project awarded by ISSA - International Social Security Association), best benchmarks for pension funds and the way they are presented to the funds’ members (grant of National Science Centre), and equity release in Poland. Almost all researches have been finalised with publications that deal with different aspects of social risk management from the perspective of household and state.

Kawinski has reach background in consumer affairs participating in many public hearings. Since 2010 Kawinski, as an independent expert, is a member of FSUG (Financial Services User Group at the European Commission), advising on consumer issues within financial services. Marcin Kawinski is also the member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group at the EIOPA (the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) as representative of academia. In the past he was also a member the Occupational Pension Stakeholder Group at the EIOPA and of the Banking Stakeholder Group at the EBA (the European Banking Authority). From 2007 to 2010 he was a member of FIN-USE (Forum of user experts in the area of financial services at the European Commission). He also participated in Consultative Panel of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors and an was an expert in PHARE and in TAIEX (the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange at the European Commission) projects in Bulgaria and Turkey. For many years Kawinski worked for Insurance Ombudsman in Poland. In the period 2006-2008 Kawinski participated in the Steering Committee of the FIN-NET (Financial Dispute Resolution Network at European Commission).

Koos Timmermans

Vice-Chair, ING Bank

Koos Timmermans (1960, Dutch nationality) has been vice chairman of ING Bank since 1 October 2011.

From 24 April 2007 to 1 October 2011, he served as chief risk officer and as a member of the Executive Board of Amsterdam-based ING Group. In this period, he also served as CRO on the Management Board Banking and Management Board Insurance of ING Group.

ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services. Our 82,000 employees serve over 61 million private, corporate and institutional customers in over 40 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia. We draw on our experience and expertise, our commitment to excellent service and our global scale to meet the needs of a broad customer base, comprising individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations, institutions and governments.

Koos Timmermans joined ING in 1996. He performed various roles: head of Treasury ING Insurance, head of Corporate Market Risk Management and from 2006-2007 he was deputy CRO of ING Group. Prior to ING, he worked for IBM’s European Treasury in Ireland. He started his career at ABN Amro in 1986.

Mr Timmermans graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1986 with a master’s degree in economics.

Edouard Fernandez-Bollo

Secretary General, French Autorité de contrôle prudentiel, Banque de France

After post-graduate studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud, Section Humanities and Social sciences, and an experience in differents branches of French civil service, Edouard FERNANDEZ-BOLLO joined the Banque de France, french central bank, in 1988.

He has occupied different posts related to Banking Regulation and Licensing, European harmonization and Banking Resolution issues. After 2000 he was in charge of the legal department of the Commission bancaire, the French banking supervisory authority and of its antimoney laundering policy unit. He became in 2004 its General Counsel and in 2008 Deputy General Secretary. Since 2007 he chairs the Basle Committee Expert group on AML-CFT (antimoney landering and combating the financing of terrorism) issues. He was a member of the ILEG advisory group of the European Commission on banking resolution.

In March 2010 he was appointed Deputy General Secretary of the new Autorité de contrôle prudentiel, the integrated French prudential supervisor for the banking and insurance sector, which received new powers and missions in particular for banking resolution in July 2013 and changed its name to Autorité de contrôle prudential et de résolution (ACPR). Being in charge in particular of Institutional European issues, this functions have led him to be closely involved in the preparation of the Banking Union, both at ACPR and ECB level.

In Janaury 2014 he has been appointed to the position of Secretary general of the ACPR.

Cyrus Ardalan

Vice Chairman, Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Barclays

Cyrus Ardalan is a Vice Chairman of Barclays and Head of EU and UK Public Policy and Government Relations.  

Previously he was a Vice Chairman of the’ Investment Bank where he has had a variety of roles, including Head of Public Sector EEMEA, Head of Investment Banking Division, Middle East, Africa and Emerging Europe, and Head of Investment Banking Division Continental Europe.

Cyrus joined Barclays in 2000 from BNP Paribas where he held a number of senior positions between 1990 and 2000 in London and New York. These included the Global Head of Bonds, Global Head of Fixed Income Marketing and President and CEO of Paribas broker dealer in the US. Prior to this  he was a Managing Director at Chemical Bank. After spending 12 years at the World Bank, in a variety of roles, including Division Chief of Treasury Operations.

Cyrus is currently Chairman of the Board of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) and Chairman of the British Banking Association Strategy Group.  He is also an Honorary Adviser to the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) in China, and a Member of the Board of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).

He has previously served as a member of the board of the Dubai International Financial Centre (Dubai's onshore banking facility) and on the Federal Reserve of New York Foreign Exchange Committee.

He is a graduate of University College London and Balliol College University of Oxford.  He is a member of the Campaign Committees of both institutions. He has published a number of articles including co-authoring a book on the principals of workers self management in Yugoslavia.

Gerassimos Thomas

Director Finance, coordination with EIB group (including EIF), EBRD and IFIs, DG ECFIN, European Commission

As Finance Director in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) G. Thomas is responsible for the borrowing and lending activities of the European Union, the treasury and asset management of the European Commission and the coordination of all financial instruments support schemes involving the EU budget. The later include instruments in support of SMEs and infrastructure financing. G. Thomas is a member of the EIB and EIF Board of Directors and an observer at the EFSF/ ESM Board.

Prior to his current assignment G. Thomas had professional assignments as: Head of cabinet of Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs (2006-2009); Head of unit - free movement of capital and financial integration in the Directorate-General of Internal Market and Services (DG MARKT) (2004-2006); European Commission Spokesman for economic and monetary affairs (1999-2004) under Commissioner Pedro Solbes and Deputy Spokesman for Commission President Romano Prodi (2003-2004); Head of Guarantee Operations in the European Investment Fund (1997-1999); Economist in DG ECFIN dealing with pension system reform policy (1995-1997), international financial issues (1993-1995), regional policy (1992-1993) and financial integration issues (1990-1992); Deputy Manager international fixed-income department Yamaichi Intl, London (1987-1990).

He has studied economics, business administration and international relations in Athens, London and Brussels

Francesco Papadia

Chairman of the Board, Prime Collateralised Securities and former Director General for Market Operations, European Central Bank

Professional life:
Chairman of Primary Collateralised Securities, Affiliate Fellow of Bruegel, Consultant to a Hedge Fund.
June – October 2012: Advisor to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
June 1998 - May 2012: Director General for Market Operations at the European Central Bank, responsible for the preparation, the coordination and the implementation of monetary policy operations of the Eurosystem. Responsible for the investment of the international reserves and the own funds of the European Central Bank.
President of the Market Operations Committee of the Eurosystem and of the Money Market and Foreign Exchange Committees of the European Central Bank, Member of the Markets Committee and of the Committee of the Global Financial System at the Bank for International Settlement in Basel.
1994-1998: Deputy Head of the Foreign Department of the Banca d’Italia;
1988-1994: Director of the International Section of the Research Department of the Banca d’Italia;
1984-1998: Head of Division in the Monetary Section of the Research Department of the Banca d’Italia;
1980-1983: Economic Advisor at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission;
1974-1979: Economist in the International Section of the Research Department of the Banca d’Italia.

Studies:
1970: Degree in Law, University of Rome.
Dissertation in Public Finance.
1970-1973: Postgraduate Studies in Economics at Istao, Ancona
1973 - 1974: Master's Programme at the London Business School
1982, 1987: Visiting scholar for six weeks for the two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Other activities:
Member of the Journalist Association (1970)

Publications: Has published numerous articles and books on: monetary economics, international economics, international finance, economic development.

Lutz-Christian Funke

Senior Vice-President, Managing Affairs and Communication, KfW Bankengruppe

Dr. Lutz-Christian Funke completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in law at the universities of Freiburg, Frankfurt and Geneva. After having completed his second state examination in Berlin, Dr. Funke was awarded a German doctorate in law from the University of Frankfurt. Subsequently, Dr. Funke went on to work for an international law firm in Brussels. In 1996, he joined the KfW Group in Frankfurt, initially as a Project Manager in the Office of Management Affairs, subsequently as a Senior Project Manager and Vice President in KfW's export and project finance group and in 2003 he was promoted to the position of First Vice President responsible for Management Affairs. In 2007, Dr. Funke was seconded to IKB Deutsche Industrie AG as an Authorised Representative and Senior Vice President responsible for the Office of Management and Legal Affairs and Corporate Communications. In 2009, he returned to KfW initially as Senior Vice President of Corporate Management, now responsible for the Office of Management Affairs and Corporate Communications of KfW Group.

Dr. Funke is member of the board of directors of IKB – Deutsche Industriebank AG and Managing Director of KfW’s GZBV Verwaltungs-GmbH (Administration EADS shares).

Daniel Godfrey

Chief Executive, Investment Management Association

Daniel has been Chief Executive of the IMA since December 2012. The IMA represents over 200 individual investment management firms which in total manage over £4.5 trn of assets from the UK. The UK is a global hub for asset management with high standards of regulation and governance and a breadth and depth of talent, expertise and professional services that is envied around the world.

He has been responsible for a restatement of the IMA’s purpose as being to help Members deliver on the very important role they play in the lives of real people and the economy and has initiated number of significant projects which demonstrate the intent behind the words.

Previously he spent 11 years as Director General of the Association of Investment Companies where he led on a number of complex regulatory and industry challenges. He was also founding Chairman of the charity, the Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) and a member of HM Treasury’s Financial Services Forum where he Chaired the Simple and Transparent Products Working Group that formed the basis of current Government proposals. 

Most recently, Daniel spent two years as Communications Director at the Phoenix Group.

He studied at the University of Manchester and did his BA in Economics, Politics and Social Anthropology.

Verena Ross

Executive Director, ESMA

Verena Ross is the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 June 2011 and is the first person to hold this post.

Prior to joining ESMA, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA), with her most recent post being Director of the FSA's International Division. She was also Director of Strategy & Risk and held posts in the Markets Division and the Executive Chairman’s private office at the FSA. She was a member of the FSA’s Executive Committee from 2007 to 2011.

Verena began her career at the Bank of England following studies in Hamburg, Taipei and London.

Chris Brummer

Georgetown University, C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance at the Atlantic Council

Chris Brummer is an expert in international financial regulation. Prior to joining Georgetown's faculty with tenure in 2009, Brummer was an assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School. He has also taught at several leading universities as a visiting professor including the universities of Basel, Heidelberg, and the London School of Economics. In 2012, he was appointed the C. Boyden Gray Fellow for Global Finance and Growth at the Atlantic Council, where he leads the think tank's work on economic and regulatory issues.

Professor Brummer lectures widely on finance and global governance, as well as on public and private international law, market microstructure and international trade. Before becoming a professor, he practiced law in the New York and London offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He is currently serving a 3-year term as a member of FINRA's National Adjudicatory Council.

Roger Hollingsworth

Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Global Government Affairs, Managed Funds Association

Roger M. Hollingsworth is Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Global Government Affairs for the Managed Funds Association (MFA), and is responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of MFA’s advocacy and outreach efforts before U.S., European, and other international policy makers.

Prior to joining MFA, Roger served as Deputy Staff Director and Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee under then-Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) where, among other responsibilities, he was responsible for coordinating the Committee’s legislative and policy response during the earliest stages of the mortgage, credit, and financial crisis, which led to the Committee’s development, and ultimate passage, of the landmark Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform legislation. From 2007-2008, Roger was an informal policy advisor to then-Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. In addition to his role with Chairman Dodd, Roger spent more than 10 years on Capitol Hill as a senior aide to several Members of the United States Senate, including Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. Originally from New York City, Roger received his B.A. from the University at Albany, State University of New York, and did his graduate work at the University of Maryland.

Jeremy Anderson, CBE

Chairman, Global Financial Services, KPMG

In Jeremy's capacity as Chairman of KPMG’s Global Financial Services practice he advises clients across the globe on how to assess and respond to the changing landscape of Financial Services. He regularly engages with regulators, policymakers and task forces on the major initiatives designed to improve financial stability, transparency and trust. This enables him to bring a wide and practical perspective to discussions on key financial, regulatory, operational and corporate governance issues.

Jeremy has spent 30 years working with the banking and insurance industry. He has advised in the areas of strategy, risk management, governance, IT, operational transformation, payments, mergers and bank restructuring. He has worked extensively with major banks to help them execute global programmes as they deal with the challenges of a fast changing global market, particularly in response to the Euro crisis and the changing regulatory agenda. He has worked with clients across Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific.

Jeremy is a Commissioner of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and is a former Chairman of the UK National Employment Panel. He was awarded a CBE in 2005 for his services to employment.

Wolf Klinz

Member, European Parliament

Wolf Klinz studied economics and business administration in Paris, Vienna and Berlin. He holds a PhD in economics and received an MBA from Insead, Fontainebleau.
 
Dr. Klinz was a Partner with McKinsey & Company in Düsseldorf and Paris.  Subsequently he served as a Member of the Executive Board of a Swiss Corporation. After German reunification he joined the Executive Board of Treuhandanstalt, the German Government's agency for privatisation of the former East German industry. He finished his business career as CEO of a large German corporation in 2003. From 2000 to 2004, he held the (honorary) position of President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Frankfurt am Main.
 
Elected as a Member of the European Parliament in June 2004, he is a full Member in the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs and a substitute in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Furthermore, he was the Chair of the Parliament's Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis from 2009 to 2011.

Stefano Micossi

Director General, Assonime

Current positions:
Director General, Assonime (since April 1999) [Assonime is a business association and private think tank active in corporate law, capital markets, company taxation, competition and regulation polices, IPR]
Professor at the College of Europe, Department of Economics (since 1991) [course on the EU Internal Market and Accompanying Policies]

Other positions:
Member of the Board of Directors of CIR Group (since 2009)
Member of the Board of Directors and audit committee of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro – BNP Paribas (since 2006)
Member of the Board of Directors and Executive committee of EuropeanIssuers, the European association of listed companies (since 2009)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels (since 2005)
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Milan Stock Exchange
Member and Coordinator of the scientific committee of Confindustria, the Confederation of Italian Industry (since 2008)
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the LUISS School of European Political Economy (SEP, since 2013)
Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in Brussels (since 2003)
Founding member and coordinator of EuropEos, an association of leading journalists, jurists, economists and political scientists created in 2003 to foster the European construction

Former positions:
Chairman of the Board, CIR Group (April 2009 – April 2013)
Director General for Industry at the European Commission (1995-1998)
Director of Economic Research of Confindustria (1988-1994)
Economist (1972-78), Head of Office (1980-85), Assistant Director and then Acting Director (1987-88) of the International Division of the Bank of Italy’s Research Department
Chairman of the Alternates of the Monetary Committee of the European Community
Assistant to the executive director for Italy, IMF (1978-80)

Publications:
Has published extensively in national and international economic journals on macro-economics, international economics and European economic and policy affairs
Has written influential Policy Briefs for CEPS and Vox-Eu, editorial comments for Il Sole 24 Ore, La Stampa, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal Europe, La Voce, Project Syndicate, and at present collaborates regularly with La Repubblica – Affari e Finanza
Co-author of three widely read pamphlets on the financial crisis, “Keep it simple: Policy responses to the financial crisis” (with Carmine Di Noia, Assonime and CEPS, March 2009), “Overcoming too big to fail – A regulatory framework to limit moral hazard and free riding in the financial sector” (with Jacopo Carmassi and Elisabetta Luchetti, Assonime and CEPS, March 2010), “Time to set banking regulation right” (with Jacopo Carmassi), CEPS, March 2012

Education:
Degree in Law, Università degli Studi di Milano (1971)
MA (1973) and MPhil (1974), Yale University Graduate School of Economics

John Houston

Senior Partner, Kreab Gavin Anderson

John is a senior public affairs consultant who has been at the cutting edge of EU financial services policy issues for over two decades. He has advised many of the world’s largest companies and financial institutions on EU matters. Previously, John was a member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner responsible for financial services, a political journalist, and a Special Adviser to the British Foreign Minister. He was the founding chairman of the European Public Affairs Consultancies Association and the author of the Code of Conduct which now underpins EU consultancy business.