Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board meets every three weeks to discuss, plan and carry out the ECB’s supervisory tasks. It proposes draft decisions to the Governing Council under the non-objection procedure.
ECB Governing CouncilComposition
- Chair (appointed for a non-renewable term of five years)
- Vice-Chair (chosen from among the members of the ECB's Executive Board)
- four ECB representatives
- representatives of national supervisors
Members of the Supervisory Board
| Chair | Claudia Buch |
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| Vice-Chair | Frank Elderson |
| ECB representative | Sharon Donnery |
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ECB representative |
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| ECB representative | Anneli Tuominen |
| Belgium | Tom Dechaene (Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique) |
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| Bulgaria | Radoslav Milenkov (Bulgarian National Bank) |
| Germany | Mark Branson (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) Michael Theurer (Deutsche Bundesbank) |
| Estonia | Kilvar Kessler (Finantsinspektsioon) Veiko Tali (Eesti Pank) |
| Ireland | Mary-Elizabeth McMunn (Central Bank of Ireland/Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) |
| Greece | Christina Papaconstantinou (Bank of Greece) |
| Spain |
Mercedes Olano (Banco de España) |
| France | Denis Beau (Banque de France) |
| Croatia | Tomislav Ćorić (Hrvatska narodna banka) |
| Italy | Paolo Angelini (Banca d’Italia) |
| Cyprus | George Ioannou (Central Bank of Cyprus) |
| Lithuania | Julita Varanauskienė (Lietuvos bankas) |
| Latvia | Santa Purgaile (Latvijas Banka) |
| Luxembourg | Claude Wampach (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) Eric Cadilhac (Banque centrale du Luxembourg) |
| Malta | Michelle Mizzi Buontempo (Malta Financial Services Authority) Oliver Bonello (Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta/Central Bank of Malta) |
| Netherlands | Steven Maijoor (De Nederlandsche Bank) |
| Austria | Helmut Ettl (Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht) Thomas Steiner (Oesterreichische Nationalbank) |
| Portugal | Rui Pinto (Banco de Portugal) |
| Slovenia | Primož Dolenc (Banka Slovenije) |
| Slovakia | Vladimír Dvořáček (Národná banka Slovenska) |
| Finland | Tero Kurenmaa (Finanssivalvonta) Päivi Tissari (Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank) |
If the national supervisory authority designated by a Member State is not a national central bank (NCB), the representative of the competent authority can be accompanied by a representative from their NCB. In such cases, the representatives are together considered as one member for the purposes of the voting procedure.
Supervisory Board
(Frankfurt am Main, 17 July 2025)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee supports the activities of the Supervisory Board and prepares the Board’s meetings.
Composition
- Chair of the Supervisory Board
- Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
- one ECB representative
- five representatives of national supervisors
The five representatives of national supervisors are appointed by the Supervisory Board for one year based on a rotation system that ensures a fair representation of countries.
Members of the Steering Committee
- Chair of the Supervisory Board
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Claudia Buch
- Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
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Frank Elderson
- ECB representative
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Patrick Montagner
- Ireland
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Mary-Elizabeth McMunn (Central Bank of Ireland/Banc Ceannais na hÉireann)
- Greece
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Christina Papaconstantinou (Bank of Greece)
- France
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Denis Beau (Banque de France)
- Latvia
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Santa Purgaile (Latvijas Banka)
- The Netherlands
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Steven Maijoor (De Nederlandsche Bank)