Martin Merlin
Director - Bank, insurance and financial crime, European Commission, DG FISMA
Masters Degree – Political science/International Affairs
Masters Degree – Philosophy
He started his career at the French Treasury in the Department of International Monetary and Financial Affairs.
He then joined the Commission and since then has worked consistently across the various domains of Financial Services including positions in the Commissioner’s Cabinet, as Head of Unit coordinating Financial Services Policy and as Director of Financial Markets until his current position as Director, Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime.
He represents the Commission at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, on the Board of Supervisors of both EBA and EIOPA, in the Financial Stability Board and in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF/GAFI)
All work
Event
11 June 2024
What can we learn from the 2023 banking turmoil?
What were the root causes of the banking failures in March 2023, and what lessons can be learned to prevent future crises?
Conference
01 September 2020
Bruegel Annual Meetings 1-3 September, 2020
Bruegel's flagship event transformed into a virtual conference for pandemic times
Event
03 September 2020
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2020 - Day 3
Third day of Bruegel Annual Meetings.
Event
29 October 2019
Bank resolution: consistency and predictability
Closed-door workshop on various aspects of bank resolution.
Event
21 March 2018
Bank assets and business models: addressing complexity
At this event, we discussed the lack of transparency and problems in valuing correctly significant parts bank assets in the euro area based on an exte
Event
21 October 2015
Capital Markets Union: what’s the vision for European debt capital markets?
After the launch of the Commission's Capital Markets Union action plan on September 30, what changes can be realistically expected in Europe’s debt ca