The Investment Management Forum is EFAMA’s flagship event, bringing together industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss topics of common interest and importance.
We are back with the 29th edition, which will take place in person at the Chancellerie Auditorium of BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels.
Further information will be available shortly but you can already expect an exciting programme featuring keynote speeches, an exclusive CEO panel, panel sessions and presentations.
Alternative investments and their role in achieving the Commission’s objectives for the Capital Markets Union
Since October 2022, Jean-Paul Servais is the chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). IOSCO is the membership organization composed of the world’s financial securities and markets regulators involved in the supervision of 95 % of the financial sector at international level. He is also the Chairman of the IOSCO European Regional Committee and he served three successive terms as Vice-Chair of the IOSCO board between 2016 and 2022 until he was elected as IOSCO board chair.
Between 2017 and 2023, Mr. Servais chaired the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board, which consists of global financial regulators and whose main objective is to provide oversight to the IFRS Foundation. In parallel, he was the co-chair of the Monitoring Group (2021-2023), a group of international financial institutions and regulatory bodies committed to advancing the public interest in areas related to international audit standard setting and audit quality. Within IOSCO, Jean-Paul also led the SPAC network, which successfully delivered a final report in May 2023.
Besides his international responsibilities, Mr Servais is the Chairman of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). In this capacity, he is a board member of other international supervisory bodies for the financial sector such as the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Besides, he sits on a number of supervisory colleges that coordinate the (cross-border) supervision of financial institutions and infrastructures.
Through these experiences Jean-Paul has accrued a unique blend of supervisory expertise and regulatory acumen as it relates to international financial services. Jean-Paul is known for his commitment towards investor protection. To this end, he has successfully led initiatives to promote the importance of financial education. Beyond his thorough understanding on the functioning of traditional financial services and markets, Jean-Paul is an engaged and influential figure on sustainable finance and digital regulatory agendas.
Jean-Paul teaches at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB, University of Brussels), where he is part-time professor in International Business Law and in the specialised Master in Tax Law.
He is author or co-author of more than 400 contributions, mostly engaging on European and international systems of financial supervision and regulation issues.
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.
Professional experience in the European Institutions:
Since 04/03/2020: Director-General – DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA)
16/12/2015 – 03/03/2020: Deputy Director-General in charge of Directorates B, C, D and E in DG FISMA
11/2014 – 12/2015: Director for Financial System Surveillance and Crisis Management in DG FISMA: Part of the Directorate was transferred from DG ECFIN and remains responsible for analysis of financial-sector developments at global, EU and Member-State level (including participation in the external financial assistance programmes for Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus). Other areas of responsibility include (a) managing the EU framework for macro- prudential policy, including participation in the European Systemic Risk Board; (b) establishing/management of EU framework for crisis management in the financial sector, notably through arrangements for recovery and resolution; and (c) participation in the Single Resolution Board in support of the Commission’s role as joint resolution authority within the Banking Union.
05/2010 – 10/2014: Director for Financial Stability and Monetary Affairs in DG ECFIN: Directorate was created in response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008/2009 and was responsible for analysis of financial-sector developments at global, EU and Member-State level (including participation in the external financial assistance programmes for EL, IE, PT, ES and CY). Other areas of responsibility were (a) analysis of developments in the EU banking sector, specifically in co-operation with DG COMP in applying state-aid policies; (b) development of EU-level sovereign instruments (i.e. the EFSF, the EFSM and the ESM; and (c) monitoring developments in monetary policy in the euro area and the Member States, supporting the Commissioner in the ECB Governing Council.
05/2000 – 04/2010: Head of Unit for Financial Markets and Financial Intermediaries in DG ECFIN. Unit was responsible for monitoring developments in EU financial markets, notably for fixed-income securities, equities and derivatives. Other areas of responsibility included monitoring progress in the integration of euro-denominated financial markets, progress in completing the
Internal Market for financial services, developments in the EU venture capital markets, and issues related to prudential supervision. The Unit also provided technical/secretarial support to the Giovannini Group, producing two reports on EU clearing and settlement arrangements and the EFC Sub-Group on EU Government Bonds and Bills Markets.
01/1996 – 04/2000: Principal administrator/administrator in DG ECFIN, working mainly on analysis of monetary/exchange rate aspects of the preparations for EMU.
01/1994 – 12/1995: Economist in the Treasurer’s Department of the International Monetary Fund, monitoring foreign exchange and financial markets.
06/1992 – 12/1993: Administrator in DG ECFIN, monitoring foreign-exchange and financial markets in context of functioning of the European Monetary System.
05/1987 – 12/1991: Administrator/administrative assistant in DG ECFIN, working as desk officer for Ireland and covering the real, monetary and financial sectors of the economy
03/1986 – 04/1987: Administrative assistant in DG AGRI (EAGGF), working on financial aspects of agricultural intervention policy.
Professional experience before joining the European Institutions:
11/1984 – 02/1986: Economic adviser in the Department of Labour (Dublin), responsible mainly for providing economic advice to the Minister and Secretary General; providing economic assistance to the Department’s planning unit and European affairs unit; member of drafting team for the Government’s White Paper on training 1986; member of National Committee on Industrial Competitiveness; member of Department liaison group with the International Labour Office in
Geneva.
10/1983 – 10/1984: Executive officer in the Department of Energy, Dublin responsible mainly for economic analysis of oil supply and utilisation in Ireland; economic assessment of viability of national oil refinery; economic assessment of viability of alternative energy sources; managing data base of national statistics on energy supply, utilisation and prices.
10/1978 – 09/1980: Executive officer in the Department of Industry, responsible mainly for management of licensing system for mineral prospecting in Ireland; collection and dissemination of relevant statistics; liaison with the Geological Survey Office of Ireland; secretary of the ad hoc Committee on Uranium Prospecting in Ireland.
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Address: Rue Marche aux Herbes, Rue du Marché Aux Herbes 110, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Address: Grasmarkt, Rue du Marché Aux Herbes 100, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Approximately 5 minute walk to the event venue
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Address: Rue du Marché Aux Herbes, Brussels, Belgium
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Approximately 11 minute walk to the event venue
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Approximately 5 minute walk to the event venue
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Approximately 7 minute walk to the event venue
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