Strengthening the EU’s bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework: for a more resilient and efficient banking union High-level conference Speakers' biographies 18 March 2021 Banking and #CMDIreview Finance Index of names B L Berrigan, John 25 Leão, João 5 Bjerre-Nielsen, Henrik 7 M C Maczynska, Aleksandra 22 Campa Manuel, Jose 20 Mazintiene, Aurelija 23 McGuinness, Mairead 3 D R Dissaux, Thierry 21 Raspiller, Sébastien 15 Restoy, Fernando 16 F Freitas, João 14 S Sabatini, Giovanni 17 G Simon, Peter 10 Garicano, Luis 8 Gelpern, Anna 6 T Greene, Megan 13 Grünewald, Seraina 19 Tinagli, Irene 12 Guindos de, Luis 4 Tomaszewski, Piotr 11 K W König, Elke 9 Wijnhoven, Geert 24 Wimmer, Eva 18 The Speakers’ biographies are in chronological order Last update 09/03/2021 Mairead McGuinness European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union Mairead McGuinness is the European During her time in the Parliament, Commissioner for financial services, Ms McGuinness sat on a range of financial stability and Capital Markets committees, covering agriculture, Union. environment, public health, budgets, petitions and constitutional affairs. The Commissioner’s vision for the Her legislative work included portfolio is focused on ensuring leading for the EPP Group on the the financial sector’s strength and European Climate Law, the revision stability, so that it can deliver for of medical devices legislation, and people, society and the environment. CAP reform post-2013. As an Irish MEP representing the border region, Before joining the Commission in she was outspoken on Brexit and the October 2020, Ms McGuinness was consequences for the EU and Ireland. First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017. She served In 2006-2007, Ms McGuinness as an MEP from Ireland for 16 years, chaired the Parliament’s investigation and was a Vice-President of the into the collapse of the Equitable Life Parliament since 2014. assurance company which identified issues around weak financial As Vice-President, she oversaw regulation. relations with national Parliaments, led the Parliament’s dialogue Prior to becoming an MEP, she with religious and philosophical was an award-winning journalist, organisations, and had responsibility broadcaster and commentator. for the Parliament’s communication policy. 3 Luis de Guindos Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Luis de Guindos is Vice-President of Mr de Guindos was Head of the European Central Bank since 1 Financial Services (2008-2009) at June 2018. In this capacity, he is also PricewaterhouseCoopers and Director a member of the Executive Board, at IE Business School and PwC Center the Governing Council and General for the Finance Sector (2010-2011). Council of the European Central Bank. He was Minister of Economy, Industry He was Chief Executive Officer and Competitiveness (2016-2018) Iberia at Lehman Brothers and and Minister of Economy and Chief Executive Officer at Nomura Competitiveness (2011-2016). Securities (2006-2008). He was Secretary of State for He graduated with honours in BSc in Economic Affairs and member of the Economics from Colegio Universitario Economic and Financial Committee de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF) in of the EU (2002-2004,). Spain (1982) and graduated as State Economist and Trade Expert (1984). Prior to that, he was Secretary General for Economic and Competition Policy (2000-2002) and Director General (1996-2000). 4 João Leão Minister of State for Finance, Portugal Born in Lisbon, 1974. Member of the Economic and Social Council and of the Statistical Council PhD in Economics from the between 2010 and 2014. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Degree in Member of the Portuguese Economics and Master in Economics delegation to the OECD Economic from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Policy Committee in 2010 and 2012 Portugal. and part of working groups within the OECD. Professor of Economics at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa since 2008. Secretary of State for Budget between 2015 and 2020. Head of the Studies Office of the Ministry of Economy between 2010 and 2014. Advisor to the Deputy Minister for Industry and Development between 2009 and 2010. President of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Economics at ISCTE between 2009 and 2010 and Director of the PhD in Economics (2011-2012). 5 Anna Gelpern Professor at Georgetown Law and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute Anna Gelpern, non-resident senior She was an International Affairs fellow at the Peterson Institute for Fellow at the Council on Foreign International Economics, is professor Relations, served in legal and of law and Anne Fleming Research policy positions at the US Treasury Professor at Georgetown University. Department, and practiced with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in She writes about financial integration, New York and London. government debt, and regulation, and coauthored the leading law textbook She earned an AB from Princeton on international finance. University, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MSc from the London She has contributed to international School of Economics and Political initiatives on financial reform Science. and sovereign borrowing, most recently as an expert for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. She has held faculty appointments at the American University Washington College of Law, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, and the Rutgers University Division of Global Affairs, and visiting appointments at Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania School of Law. 6 Henrik Bjerre-Nielsen Chief executive officer, Finansiel Stabilitet When Henrik Bjerre-Nielsen retires Henrik Bjerre-Nielsen has extensive later this year he has the past 25 international experience, notably years served the Danish government as chair of CEIOPS (2004-07), the as either Director General of the predecessor of EIOPA and from the Danish Financial Supervisory beginning been a member of EBA’s Authority (1996-2008) or CEO of the Resolution Committee. Henrik Bjerre- Danish Financial Stability Company Nielsen holds a MSc Economics from (2008-2021). the University of Copenhagen. FSC was set up during the Global Financial Crisis to manage the temporary general government guarantee of senior, unsecured claims on Danish banks including taking over the activities of failing banks. Today FSC is a Danish resolution authority and manages the Danish depositor and investor guarantee scheme. Since inception FSC has taken over activities from 15 banks, including resolving 2 minor banks using bail-in according to BRRD. 7 Luis Garicano Member of the European Parliament (EP) Luis Garicano is a Member of the He was an advocate of reforming European Parliament, leader of the Spanish savings banks system Ciudadanos in Europe, and Vice and he was a part of the Euronomics President for Economic Affairs of group, which first proposed the Renew Europe. establishment of sovereign bond- backed securities in 2011. He is also a Professor of Economics and Strategy at IE Business School Most recently, he has proposed a path (currently on leave). for the completion of the Banking Union based on expanding the role Before entering elective politics, he of the Single Resolution Board and was a full Professor at the London on an innovative approach to the School of Economics and at the regulatory treatment of sovereign University of Chicago, where he got exposures. his PhD. His academic work focuses on the future of work, the relationship between technology and inequality, and economic growth. At the same time, he has done significant research and has made several proposals in the area of European financial integration. 8 Elke König Chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) Dr Elke König is Chair of the SRB, From 1980 to 1990, she worked for responsible for the management KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft of the organisation, the work of the in Cologne, auditing and advising Board, the budget, all staff and the insurance undertakings, from 1986 Executive and Plenary sessions of the as a holder of a special statutory Board. authority (Prokuristin) and from 1988 as a director and partner. The General Counsel, the Strategy, International Relations and From 1990 to 2002, Dr König was a Communications Unit and the Internal member of the senior management Audit function report directly to her. of the Munich Re Group (Head of Accounting); she then moved to She was President of the German Hannover Rückversicherung AG as Federal Financial Supervisory Chief Financial Officer. Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) From 2010 to the end of 2011, from 2012 until 2015. Dr König was a member of the International Accounting Standards After qualifying in business Board (IASB) in London. administration and obtaining a doctorate, Dr König spent many Dr König was also a representative of years working for companies in the the Supervisory Board of the Single financial and insurance sector. Supervisory Mechanism. 9 Peter Simon Managing Director, European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) An EU lawyer, Peter Simon served as a Prior to his career as an MEP, Mr. Member of the European Parliament Simon worked as a lawyer specialised between 2009 and 2019. in EU affairs. He was the Vice-Chairman of the He was also a lecturer in EU law at Economic and Monetary Affairs the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative Committee (ECON) between 2014 State University. and 2019. Before joining ESBG and WSBI He was also Coordinator of the S&D as Managing Director, he was Group in the special committees Plenipotentiary to the European TAXE1 and TAXE2 of inquiry on tax Union at the German Savings Banks avoidance (Tax rulings and "LuxLeaks" Association (DSGV). special committees) as well as in the Panama Papers committee of inquiry on tax evasion, money laundering and tax avoidance (PANA). In addition to this, he was Rapporteur for CRD V/CRR II; Shadow rapporteur of the S&D Group for the 4th and 5th AMLD (Anti-Money Laundering Directive) and Rapporteur for the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive now in force.