Board of Appeal

The Board of Appeal is a joint body of the ESAs, composed of six members and six alternates.

It is necessary to ensure that the parties affected by decisions adopted by the Authority may have recourse to the necessary remedies. To protect effectively the rights of parties, and for reasons of procedural economy, where the Authority has decision-making powers, parties are granted a right of appeal to a Board of Appeal. For reasons of efficiency and consistency, the Board of Appeal is a joint body of the ESAs, independent from their administrative and regulatory structures. The decisions of the Board of Appeal are subject to appeal before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Members of the Board of Appeal

Appointing Authority Member or Alternate
EIOPA Noel Guibert (Member, FR), Retired, formerly International Director of the Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et des Mutuelles
Anna Konstantinou (Alternate, GR), Legal Adviser and General Director of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Greece
Beata Maria Mrozowska (Member, PL), Legal Counsel, Hogan Lovells
Bob Wessels (Alternate, NL), Professor of International Insolvency Law, Leiden University
ESMA Lars Afrell (Alternate, SE) Senior Vice President, Swedish Securities Dealers Association
Arthur Docters van Leeuwen (Member, NL), Chairman of Advisory Board,
Independent Risk Solutions; formerly Chairman of the Committee of
European Securities Regulators and of the Netherlands Authority for
Financial Markets
Juan Fernandez-Armesto (Member, ES), Arbitrator, formerly Chairman of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission
Gerard Rameix (Alternate, FR), Mediator for Credit to Enterprises
EBA William Blair (Member, UK), High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division
Giuseppe Godano (Alternate, IT), Retired, formerly lecturer, International and EU law, Universities of Rome and Cassino
Pat McArdle (Alternate, IE), Adviser to the Independent Review Panel on the Irish Department of Finance
Katalin Mero (Member, HU), Associate professor, Department of Finance and Accounting, International Business School, Budapest