EBA appoints its new Alternate Chairperson and Management Board members

The Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) elected today a new Alternate Chairperson and three members of the Management Board.

Pedro Duarte Neves, Banco de Portugal (Portugal) and current member of the Board of Supervisors, was appointed as alternate Chairperson of the EBA. Andrzej Reich, Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (Poland), and Jan Sijbrand, De Nederlandsche Bank (Netherlands), were elected as new members of the EBA Management Board. Raimund Roeseler, BaFin (Germany), was also re-elected as Management Board member for another term.

The Board of Supervisors is the main decision-making body of the European Banking Authority. It takes all policy decisions of the EBA, such as adopting draft technical standards, guidelines, opinions and reports.

The EBA Management Board is composed of the EBA Chairperson and of representatives of national supervisory authorities and of the European Commission. Its role is to ensure that the EBA carries out its mission and performs the tasks assigned to it in accordance with its Regulation.