Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board meets every three weeks to discuss, plan and carry out the ECB’s supervisory tasks. It proposes draft decisions to the Governing Council under the non-objection procedure.
ECB Governing CouncilComposition
- Chair (appointed for a non-renewable term of five years)
- Vice-Chair (chosen from among the members of the ECB's Executive Board)
- four ECB representatives
- representatives of national supervisors
Members of the Supervisory Board
| Chair | Claudia Buch |
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| Vice-Chair | Frank Elderson |
| ECB representative | Elizabeth McCaul |
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ECB representative |
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| ECB representative | Anneli Tuominen |
| ECB representative | N.N. |
| Belgium | Tom Dechaene (Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique) |
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| Bulgaria | Radoslav Milenkov (Bulgarian National Bank) |
| Germany | Mark Branson (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) Michael Theurer (Deutsche Bundesbank) |
| Estonia | Kilvar Kessler (Finantsinspektsioon) Veiko Tali (Eesti Pank) |
| Ireland | Sharon Donnery (Central Bank of Ireland/Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) |
| Greece | Christina Papaconstantinou (Bank of Greece) |
| Spain | Mercedes Olano (Banco de España) |
| France | Denis Beau (Banque de France) |
| Croatia | Tomislav Ćorić (Hrvatska narodna banka) |
| Italy | Alessandra Perrazzelli (Banca d’Italia) |
| Cyprus | George Ioannou (Central Bank of Cyprus) |
| Lithuania | Simonas Krėpšta (Lietuvos bankas) |
| Latvia | Santa Purgaile (Latvijas Banka) |
| Luxembourg | Claude Wampach (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) Eric Cadilhac (Banque centrale du Luxembourg) |
| Malta | Michelle Mizzi Buontempo (Malta Financial Services Authority) Oliver Bonello (Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta/Central Bank of Malta) |
| Netherlands | Steven Maijoor (De Nederlandsche Bank) |
| Austria | Helmut Ettl (Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht) N.N. (Oesterreichische Nationalbank) |
| Portugal | Rui Pinto (Banco de Portugal) |
| Slovenia | Primož Dolenc (Banka Slovenije) |
| Slovakia | Vladimír Dvořáček (Národná banka Slovenska) |
| Finland | Tero Kurenmaa (Finanssivalvonta) Päivi Tissari (Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank) |
If the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank (NCB), the representative of the competent authority can be accompanied by a representative from their NCB. In such cases, the representatives are together considered as one member for the purposes of the voting procedure.
Supervisory Board
(as at 2 February 2024)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee supports the activities of the Supervisory Board and prepares the Board’s meetings.
Composition
- Chair of the Supervisory Board
- Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
- one ECB representative
- five representatives of national supervisors
The five representatives of national supervisors are appointed by the Supervisory Board for one year based on a rotation system that ensures a fair representation of countries.
Members of the Steering Committee
- Chair of the Supervisory Board
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Claudia Buch
- Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
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Frank Elderson
- ECB representative
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Anneli Tuominen
- Belgium
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Tom Dechaene (Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique)
- Germany
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Mark Branson (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)
- Italy
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Alessandra Perrazzelli (Banca d'Italia)
- Cyprus
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George Ioannou (Central Bank of Cyprus)
- Finland
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Tero Kurenmaa (Finanssivalvonta)