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ECSDA elects its New Board Directors and Advisors to the Senior Council

ECSDA elects its New Board Directors and Advisors to the Senior Council

ECSDA is pleased to announce significant changes to its governance structure starting from the General Meeting held in Brussels on 14 May.

Following the earlier decision to change the governance, the ECSDA General Meeting elected a new reduced Board and appointed Advisors to the Senior Council, marking a pivotal moment in the organisation’s evolution.

The Board, comprising 14 members, reflects the diversity of the Association in terms of gender, geography and size of the CSD members. As many of the new directors have served on ECSDA’s Executive Committee, the new composition ensures a continuity in the direction of ECSDA’s vision and contribution to the securities communities its membership serves. Our directors bring a wealth of experience and leadership, and their dedication will surely steer ECSDA towards continued success in the dynamic European securities landscape supporting the European and global economies.

The Senior Industry Council will advise the Board and ECSDA’s member CSDs on the strategic positioning of the Association on the main industry challenges, the European harmonisation agenda and the ways in which we can best provide high levels of efficiency and safety to issuers and investors in Europe and beyond. The Council includes individuals with diverse expertise and a shared commitment to advancing the mission of ECSDA. ECSDA will be able to supplement the Senior CSD Industry Council with external observers deeply knowledgeable in post-trade in the coming months.

ECSDA is also preparing to open its Senior Industry Council to firms that are not CSDs but are active in the post-tarde segment who now will have the opportunity to join some meetings as affiliates, adding greater diversity and perspectives to the Association.

Key positions within the ECSDA Board:
Chairperson: Mark Gem, Managing Director, Clearstream Banking AG
Vice-Chair: Guillaume Eliet, CEO, Euroclear ESES CSDs
Vice-Chair: Olga Jordão, CEO of Euronext Securities | Porto
Treasurer: Georg Zinner, Managing Director, OeKB CSD

Other newly elected Board Directors:
Indars Aščuks, Chair of the Management Board, Nasdaq CSD SE
Francisco Béjar Nuñez, Managing Director, Iberclear/BME
Mira Dobreva-Hilton, Director of International Affairs and Strategic Projects, CDAD
Ondřej Dusílek, CEO, CSD Prague
Anne Pascale Malréchauffé, Managing Director, Clearstream Banking SA
Dora Matošić, President of the Management Board, SKDD
Alessio Mottola, CEO, Euronext Securities | Milan
Ilse Peeters, Head of Government Relationships & Public Affairs, Euroclear Bank
Florentin Soliva, Head of Public and Regulatory Affairs Post-Trade, SIX Group Services AG
Maciej Trybuchowski, President of the Management Board, KDPW group

Senior CSD Industry Council:
Simon Belser, Head International Custody Operations, SIX SIS AG
Jesús Benito, CEO, Iberclear
Silvia Buicanescu, CEO, Depozitarul Central
Marco Caligaris, CEO, LuxCSD
Chris Elms, CEO, Euroclear UK & International
Peter Felsinger, Managing Director, OeKB CSD
Vasil Golemanski, Executive Director, CDAD
Tomáš Lněnička, Deputy CEO, CSD Prague
Alessio Mottola, CEO, Euronext Securities | Milan
Ilse Peeters, Head of Government Relationships & Public Affairs, Euroclear Bank
Roger Storm, CEO, Euroclear Sweden
Hanna Vainio, CEO, Euroclear Finland
Igor Vojinović, CEO and Executive Director, CSC & CC Montenegro
Martin Wiedermann, Managing Director and Chair of the Board, CDCP SR
Sujata Wirsching, Head of Unit Government Relation Luxembourg and Lead Digital Finance, GRS, Deutsche Börse Group/Clearstream

Observers to the Council:
Ekrem Arikan, CEO and Board member, MKK
Darinka Damjanovic, Executive Director, CSD AD Skopje

The ECSDA Board and Senior Council are supported by the Secretary-General of ECSDA, Anna Kulik, leading the work of the ECSDA Secretariat.

Press release
ECSDA Board and Senior Council

ECSDA Board elects WG Chairs

ECSDA Board elects WG Chairs

On 29 November, the ECSDA Board meeting remotely elected the Chair of the Policy and the Settlement Working Groups.

The Policy WG will now be chaired by Chiara Rossetti, Senior Manager, Regulation for Euronext Securities Milan.

As a member of the ECSDA Policy Working Group since 2012, Chiara Rossetti has shown a strong commitment to the development of the advocacy activities of the Association. As Vice-Chair, she has been proactively engaged in the coordination of the various activities of the Policy Working Group, thanks also to the experience she gained in other post-trade industry working groups.

Ms Chiara Rossetti stated that it was an honour to have the opportunity to chair the Policy WG and to succeed the former chairs.

Mr Jesús Sánchez, Head of Settlement Services, SIX, will Chair the Settlement WG.

Mr Sánchez spent all his career in the settlement area and is well known within the settlement expert community in Europe as he is a member of several technical and steering groups of T2S. He is the Chairperson of the Market Settlement Efficiency group, since 2020.

Mr Sánchez stated that he is eager to have the opportunity to share his experience.

Congratulations to both of them!

The ECSDA Board seized the opportunity to thank Mr Italo di Lorenzo, former Chair of the WG for his commitment to the Policy WG as member and Chair and to Tim Werner, Clearstream, and Mathilde Joannet, Euroclear, respectively Chair and Vice Chair of the Settlement WG for their legacy to the work of the Settlement WG.

ECSDA views on the Future of European Post-Trade

ECSDA views on the Future of European Post-Trade

Recently, the European Commission has launched a consultation on the Future of European Post-Trade, based on the conclusions of the European Post Trade Forum (EPTF). European CSDs thank the European Commission for the constructive and effective discussions at the EPTF, in which they have been deeply involved. In addition to the insight provided in the report resulting from the forum, Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) note several trends in their immediate ecosystem which are important to post-trade more widely.

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2016 Annual Report now available

2016 Annual Report now available

20 Feb 2017 – The 2016 annual report of the association is available exclusively online and describes the key events that have marked the life of ECSDA in 2016.

You can also obtain an overview of ECSDA members and governing bodies as of 31 December 2016 by visiting the About section.

2014 Annual Report now available online

2014 Annual Report now available online

24 Feb 2015 – This year, the ECSDA annual report is published in the form of an online blog highlighting the key events that have marked the life of the association in 2014.

You can also obtain an overview of ECSDA members and governing bodies as of 31 December 2014 by visiting the About section.