Association for Financial Markets in Europe

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is the chief policy advocate for participants in Europe's wholesale financial markets and represents global and European banks and other institutions. The AFME conducts lobbying, education, communication and policy development efforts on behalf of financial market participants in such areas as prudential regulation, foreign exchange, taxation and securitization. 
 
== History ==
In November 2009, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe was launched as a result of the merger of the London Investment Banking Association and the European operation of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. 
The merger also integrated former affiliates including: 
European Covered Bond Dealers Association (ECBDA) - now a part of AFME's Credit division.
European High Yield Association (EHYA) - now a part of AFME's High Yield division.
European Primary Dealers Association (EPDA) - now a part of AFME's Rates division.
European Primary Markets Division (EPMD) - now a part of AFME's Equity Capital Markets division.
European Securitisation Forum (ESF) - now a part of AFME's Securitisation division.
European Securities Services Forum (ESSF) - now a part of AFME's Post Trade division.
AFME, SIFMA and its Asian affiliate ASIFMA now make up the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), which represents the common interests of the world’s leading financial and capital market participants and speaks for the industry on the most important global market issues.
In September 2019, the organization announced that Adam Farkas would take over as CEO starting in February 2020, replacing Simon Lewis, who ran AFME from 2010 to 2019.
== Membership ==
 
AFME represents a broad array of global and European participants in the wholesale financial markets. The association's 197 members comprise key global and regional banks, brokers, law firms and other financial institutions. 
== Key People ==
Senior Management Team:
*Adam Farkas, CEO 
*April Day, Head of Capital Markets
*James Kemp, Managing Director, Global FX Division
*Caroline Liesegang, Managing Director, Head of Capital and Risk Management, Sustainable Finance and Research
*Jacqueline Mills, Managing Director, Head of Advocacy
*Beverley Vince, Head of Operations 
Directors:
*Andrew Harvey, Managing Director - Europe
*Arved Kolle, Director, Strategy Lead Germany 
*Coen ter Wal, Director, Technology & Operations
*Gary Simmons, Managing Director, High Yield and Equity Capital Markets
*Constance Usherwood, Managing Director, Capital and Risk Management
*Daniel Kim, Head of IT
*Elena Travaglini, Director, Head of Membership
*Pedro Pinto, Director, Advocacy
*Fiona Willis, Director, Compliance Control & Accounting (CCA) and Technology & Operations (T&O)
*Giulia Pecce, Director, Head of Secondary Capital Markets and Wholesale Investor Protection Policy
*Ian Sandles, Director, Tax and Accounting
*Richard Middleton, Managing Director
*Victoria Webster, Director
Board of Directors:
*Thalia Chryssikou, Goldman Sachs - Chair
*Kostas Pantazopoulos, Goldman Sachs, Managing Director - Vice Chair
*Guy America, J.P. Morgan, Co-Head of Global Credit, Securitised Products and Public Finance - Vice Chair
*Jennifer Taylor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Chief Operating Officer EMEA
*Nat Tyce, Barclays, Co-head of Macro Trading
*Olivier Osty, BNP Paribas, Executive Head of Global Markets
*Ricardo Laiseca, BBVA, Head of Global Finance
*Leonardo Arduini, Citi, Head of EMEA Markets & Securities Services
*Isabelle Girolami, Crédit Agricole CIB, Head of Global Markets , 
*Eraj Shirvani, Credit Suisse, Global Head of Fixed Income Emerging Markets, Head of Fixed Income, EMEA
*John Pipilis, Deutsche Bank, Co-head of Global Credit Trading
*Patrick George, HSBC, Head of Global Markets EMEA & Global Head of Equities
*Philippe Follebouckt, ING, Managing Director, Head of Financial Markets Belux, Head of FM Network
*Gianluca Cugno, Intesa Sanpaolo, Head of International Department
*Clare Francis, Lloyds Banking Group, Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Banking
*Clare Woodman, Morgan Stanley, Chief Operating Officer, International 
*James Lancaster, Nomura,Global Markets CAO and GM EMEA COO
*Scott Satriano, NatWest Markets, Managing Director, Head of Financing & Risk Solutions
*Frank Drouet, Société Générale, Head of Global Markets
*David Soanes, UBS, Group Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Institutions, Investment Bank UK Country Head
*Guy Laffineur, UniCredit, Global Head of Markets
*Eddy Wymeersch, European Advisor and Non-Executive Director
== References ==
Category:Industry Organizations