European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum

A European financial services industry lobby group set up to get close to MEPs. It is run by John Houston of Houston Consulting, the lobbying and PR firm.

• Website http://www.epfsf.org/

Founding members

• Richard Balfe MEP
• Carles-Alfred Gasoliba i Bohm MEP
• Robert Goebbels MEP
• Chris Huhne MEP
• Othmar Karas MEP
• Giorgos Katiforis MEP
• Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP
• Astrid Lulling MEP
• Ria Oomen-Ruitjen MEP
• John Purvis MEP
• Alexander Radwan MEP
• Karin Riis-Jorgensen MEP
• Olle Schmidt MEP
• Peter Skinner MEP
• Charles Tannock MEP
• Theresa Villiers MEP

Steering Committee

The following are the members of the Forum's Steering Committee, which, together with Financial Industry Members, are the governing body of the Forum.

• Peter Skinner MEP (PES/UK) - Chair

• Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP (EPP-ED/Finland) - Vice Chair

• Margarita Starkeviciute MEP (ALDE/Lithuania) - Vice Chair

Members

• Zsolt László Becsey MEP (EPP-ED/Hungary)

• Pervenche Berès MEP (PES/France)

• Manuel António dos Santos MEP (PES/Portugal)

• Jonathan Evans MEP (EPP-ED/UK)

• Robert Goebbels MEP (PES/Luxembourg)

• Wolf Klinz MEP (ALDE/Germany)

• Astrid Lulling MEP (EPP-ED/Luxembourg)

• Gay Mitchell TD MEP (EPP-ED/Ireland)

• Alexander Radwan MEP (EPP-ED/Germany)

• Dariusz Rosati MEP (PES/Poland)

• Ieke van den Burg MEP (PES/Netherlands)

• Sophia in 't Veld MEP (ALDE/Netherlands)

Industry members

Chairman

• Mrs. Judith Hardt

Federation of European Securities Exchanges Members (FESE)

Members

• Mrs. Lie Junius

ABN AMRO Bank

• Mrs. Florence Lombard

The Alternative Investment Management Association Ltd (AIMA)

• Mr. David Bennett

Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS)

• Mr. Jacques Maire

AXA

• Mr. Javier Arias

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

• Mrs. Christine Farnish

Barclays plc

• Mrs. Dominique Graber

BNP Paribas

• Mr. Kurt Schacht

Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA)

• Mrs. Susanne Denison-Knowles

Citigroup

• Mr. Helmuth Martin

Commerzbank AG

• Mr. Ansgar Tietmeyer

Deutsche Bank AG

• Mrs. Henriette Peucker

Deutsche Börse AG

• Mr. Henning Schoppmann

European Association of Public Banks (EAPB)

• Mr. Guido Ravoet

European Banking Federation (EBF)

• Mrs. Annik Lambert

European Mortgage Federation (EMF)

• Mr. Chris De Noose

European Savings Banks Group (ESBG)

• Mr. Paul Symons

Euroclear

• Mr. Antonio Hernandez Laviades

Euronext

• Mrs. Michaela Koller

European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (CEA)

• Mr. Javier Echarri

European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA)

• Mr. Henri Olivier

European Federation of Accountants (FEE)

• Mr. Anthony Belchambers

Futures and Options Association (FOA)

• Mr. Freddy Van den Spiegel

Fortis Bank

• Mr. Richard O'Toole

Goldman Sachs International

• Mr. Gregor Pozniak

International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

• Mr. David Pollard

ING

• Mrs. Alessandra Perrazzelli

Intesa Sanpaolo

• Mr. Roger Cogan

International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

• Mr. Richard Kaye

JP Morgan

• Mr. Jonathan Taylor

London Investment Banking Association (LIBA)

• Mr. Alastair Evans

Lloyd's

• Mr. Roger Grazebrook

Lloyds TSB

• Mr. Christoph Baert

MasterCard Europe

• Mr. Mitchell Coen

Merrill Lynch

• Mr. Hannu Halttunen

Nordea Bank Finland

• Mrs. Sally Padget

Prudential plc

• Mr. Howard Davies

Royal Bank of Scotland

• Mr. Bertrand Huet

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)

• Mr. Frédéric de Brouwer

Société Générale

• Mr. Christopher Lake

Standard and Poor's

• Mr. Pehr Wissén

Svenska Handelsbanken

• Mr. Jon Carr

UBS AG

• Mr. Peter Rieger

UniCredit Group

• Mr. Peter Moller Jensen

VISA Europe

• Mrs. MP Azevedo

Western Union International Bank

Secretary

• Ms. Gabriela Diezhandino

EPFSF Secretariat

+32 2 504 80 40