ESMA appoints a new member and reappoints two members to its Management Board
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has appointed one new member and reappointed two members to its Management Board. The election took place at the Board of Supervisors meeting in Stockholm, on 17 May and the new member will take up their position on 1 July 2023.
The new member is:
- Armi Taipale, Finanssivalvonta, Finland
She replaces outgoing member Dervillle Rowland, of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBoI), who will have completed two mandates as member of the Management Board on 1 July.
The members who have been reappointed are:
- Vasiliki Lazarakou, Ελληνική Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς (HCMC), Greece;
- Jos Heuvelman, Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), The Netherlands
The Management Board, chaired by Verena Ross, Chair of ESMA, is responsible for ensuring that the Authority carries out its mission and performs the tasks assigned to it under its founding Regulation.
From 1 July, the Management Board will consist of:
- Verena Ross, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA);
- Thorsten Pötzsch, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), Germany;
- Vasiliki Lazarakou, Ελληνική Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς (HCMC), Greece;
- Rodrigo Buenaventura, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain;
- Jos Heuvelman, Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), The Netherlands
- Eduard Müller, Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA), Austria
- Armi Taipale, Finanssivalvonta, Finland
- Natasha Cazenave, European Securities and Markets Authority (non-voting),
- Vojtěch Belling, Česká národní banka (CNB), Czechia, (non-voting), and
- A European Commission representative (non-voting).