The OECD Committee on Financial Markets has elected Kazuhiro Masaki, Assistant Governor of the Bank of Japan, as Chair of the OECD Committee on Financial Markets.
Chiara Scotti, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy, was re-elected as Vice‑Chair, and Sarah Court, Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), was elected as Vice-Chair.
The Chair and Vice-Chairs will be supported by the following Bureau members:
- Johan Almenberg, Director General, Finansinspektionen, Sweden
- Christophe Bories, Head of the Financial Sector Department, Treasury, France
- Tom Duggan, Deputy Director, Securities and Markets, Financial Services Group, HM Treasury, United Kingdom
- Gerardo Israel García López, General Director, Central Bank Operations, Bank of Mexico
- Eva Wimmer, Director General, Financial Market Policy Department, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
As Chairs of the CMF’s four Working Parties, the following officials will serve on the CMF Bureau as ex-officio members:
- Stefano Cappiello, Director General for Financial Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy (Chair of the Working Party on Sustainable Finance)
- Nausicaa Delfas, Chief Executive Officer, The Pensions Regulator, United Kingdom, and Steven Seitz, Director of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), United States Department of the Treasury (co-Chairs of the Working Party on Insurance and Pensions)
- Grahame Johnson, Executive Director, Policy, Bank of Canada (Chair of the Working Party on Debt Management)
- Colm Kincaid, Deputy Governor for Consumer and Investor Protection, Central Bank of Ireland (Chair of the Working Party on Financial Consumer Protection, Education and Inclusion)
46 countries participate in the Committee on Financial Markets: all OECD members, the European Union and the 8 OECD accession candidate countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Indonesia, Peru, Romania and Thailand). The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Financial Stability Board (FSB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) participate in the Committee.
The Committee on Financial Markets’ overarching objective is to promote, efficient, open, stable and sound financial systems, supporting the contribution of financial markets to the real economy and to sustainable and inclusive growth. The Committee coordinates and guides the OECD's work in areas covering public and corporate debt, equity and risk capital, pension and insurance markets, financial consumer protection and education, sustainable finance and digitalisation in finance.
