Mathias Papenfuß, Brigitte Daurelle and Indars Aščuks re-elected ECSDA Chair and Vice-chairs

Gathering in Bucharest during the European Union Romanian Presidency, for the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2019, representatives of 40 CSDs elected the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA).

ECSDA Board Directors re-elected Mathias Papenfuß (Member of the Executive Board Clearstream Banking) as its Chairman, Brigitte Daurelle (CEO Euroclear Belgium, France and Nederland) and Indars Aščuks (CEO of Nasdaq CSD) as its Vice-Chairs and Georg Zinner (Managing Director of OeKB CSD) as Treasurer of the Association.

Commenting on his re-election, Mathias Papenfuß said:

“I am grateful for the continued trust ECSDA members have expressed by re-electing me as Chairman. I have been involved in ECSDA’s activities since the foundation of the association in the late 1990s and I am convinced that our association is more relevant than ever to help CSDs cope with the accelerating pace of market and technological changes and regulatory pressure.

During the previous three years, we have witnessed an unprecedented level of harmonisation of CSD activities, enhancement of their risk management and operational resilience, based on the pan-European legislation. On this basis, I expect that, during the next three years, we will see further enhancements and modernisation of CSD activities, stronger competition and more work on the efficiency of the European financial market infrastructures contributing to a deeper Capital Market Union.”

At the same meeting, ECSDA Board has established the list of Executive Committee members, as follows:
– Francisco Béjar Nuñez, Iberclear
– Helena Čacká, CSD Prague
– Rui de Matos, Interbolsa
– Mauro Dognini, Monte Titoli
– Dora Matošić, SKDD
– Niels Olsen, VP Securities
– Nikolaos Porfyris, ATHEX CSD
– Boris Tomaž Šnuderl, KDD
– Andrea Tranquillini, ID2S

More information:

Printable version of the press release (PDF)
Pictures of Mathias Papenfuß and of the other ECSDA Executive Officers
List of ECSDA Board members
List of Executive Committee members