The ECSDA Board elects Chair of the Corporate Event & Vice-Chair of the Policy WG

On 4 July, the ECSDA Board elected Thomas Metier, Head of Nordic Business Operations at Euronext Securities, as Chair of the Corporate Event Working Group and Mireille Galeazzi, Director of Public Affairs at Euroclear as Vice-Chair of the Policy Working Group.

The Corporate Events Working Group aims to address the challenges resulting from unharmonised regulation and leading to different local practices, by developing and implementing standardized processes and protocols for CSD corporate event management. Under Mr Metier’s leadership, the working group will foster collaboration among key stakeholders and is commited to work toward a harmonized European capital market that is efficient, resilient, and globally competitive.

Mrs Galeazzi looks forward to act as Vice Chair of the Policy Working Group and engage in the new European regulatory and political agenda as per the recent European elections.

The Capital Markets Union(CMU), is expected to be an important component of the upcoming agenda with expectations on the post-trade environment including, CSDs to further foster deeper and efficient financial markets.
Together with the group’s Chair, she will strive to bring forward the European CSD’s contribution to these key topics.

Welcome to both of them!