Executive Committee

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Maria ABASCAL

Maria Abascal

Chairwoman of the EBF Executive Committee

Member since 1/01/2025

Austria

Gerald RESCH

Secretary General
Austrian Bankers’ Association
Member since 1/09/2024

Belgium

Karel BAERT

Chief Executive Officer
FEBELFIN & Belgian Bankers & Stockbroking Firms
Member since 15/04/2020

Bulgaria

James JOLOVSKI

Secretary General
Association of Banks in Bulgaria (ABB)
Member since 01/02/2024

Croatia

Tamara PERKO

Director
Croatian Banking Association
Member since 19/04/2023

Cyprus

Marios SKANDALIS

Director General
Association of Cyprus Banks
Member since 1/01/2026

Czech Republic

Dusan BARAN

Executive Director
Czech Banking Association
Member since 1/07/2024

Denmark

Lars Gert LOSE

CEO
Finance Denmark
Member since 01/03/2025

Estonia

Katrin TALIHÄRM

Managing Director
Estonian Banking Association
Member since 1/07/2004

Finland

Arno AHOSNIEMI

Managing Director
Finance Finland
Member since 27/02/2023

France

Etienne BAREL

Deputy CEO
Association Française des Banques
Member since 01/09/2020

France

Maya ATIG

CEO
Association Française des Banques
Member since 30/03/2020

Germany

Heiner HERKENHOFF

CEO
Association of German Banks
Member since 5/05/2023

Germany

Kolja GABRIEL

Member of the Executive Board, Political Affairs and Innovation
Association of German Banks
Member since 26/11/2019

Greece

Charoula APALAGAKI

Secretary General
Hellenic Bank Association (HBA)
Member since 13/03/2017

Hungary

Levente KOVÁCS

Secretary General
Hungarian Banking Association
Member since 1/06/2011

Iceland

Heiðrún JÓNSDÓTTIR

Managing Director
Finance Iceland
member since 7/10/2022

Ireland

Brian HAYES

CEO
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
Member since 1/04/2019

Italy

Gianluca TIANI

Head of Strategy, Innovation & International Affairs Division
Associazione Bancaria Italiana
Member since 01/03/2025

Italy

Marco Elio ROTTIGNI

General Manager
Associazione Bancaria Italiana
Member since 01/07/2024

Latvia

Uldis CERPS

Chief Executive Officer
Finance Latvia Association
Member since 1/10/2024

Liechtenstein

Simon TRIBELHORN

Director
Liechtenstein Bankers’ Association
Member since 1/01/2010

Lithuania

Eivile CIPKUTE

President
Association of Lithuanian Banks
Member since 7/12/2020

Luxembourg

Jerry GRBIC

Chief Executive Officer
Luxembourg Bankers’ Association ABBL
Member since 1/04/2022

Malta

Karol GABARRETTA

Secretary General
Malta Bankers’ Association
Member since 23/07/2018

Netherlands

Eelco DUBBELING

Managing Director
Dutch Banking Association
Member since 1/09/2014

Norway

Kari OLRUD MOEN

CEO
Finance Norway (FNO)
Member since 1/03/2023

Poland

Włodzimierz KICINSKI

Executive Vice President
Polish Bank Association
Member since 25/04/2017

Portugal

Ana MOUCHO

Deputy General Director
Portuguese Banking Association
Member since 1/02/2022

Romania

Florin DANESCU

Executive President
Romanian Banking Association (RBA)
Member since 6/12/2011

Slovakia

Marcel KLIMEK

CEO
Slovak Banking Association
Member since 1/07/2024

Slovenia

Stanislava ZADRAVEC CAPRIROLO

Director General
Bank Association of Slovenia
Member since 17/07/2017

Spain

Maria Abascal

Chairwoman of the EBF Executive Committee, Director General of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB)
Member since 1/01/2025

Sweden

Hans LINDBERG

Managing Director
Finance Sweden
Member since 10/08/2015

Switzerland

Roman STUDER

Chief Executive Officer
Swiss Bankers’ association
Member since 1/08/2023

United Kingdom

David POSTINGS

Chief Executive Officer
UK Finance
Member since 1/01/2021