ESMA: New Members Of The Securities And Markets Stakeholder Group

The ESMA Board of Supervisors has recently appointed the following four stakeholders to become members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG):

Mrs. Blanaid Clarke, Professor of Corporate Law, Trinity College, Dublin, in the category of academics, as of 1 January 2018;
Mr. Geoffrey Bezzina, Executive Chairman, Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services, Malta, in the category of consumer representatives, as of 1 March 2018;
Mr. Juan Manuel Viver Gargallo, Consultant, Financial Consumer Protection, in the category of consumer representatives, as of 1 March 2018; and
Mr. Andreas Gustafsson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Counsel Europe, Nasdaq, in the category of financial market participants, as of 1 June 2018.

All members are appointed for a period of two and a half years.