ESMA appoints new chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee

The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed the following individual to serve as chair of its Investment Management Standing Committee (IMSC):

·         Gabriela Figueiredo Dias, Chair of the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) of Portugal.

The appointment is effective immediately and will run until 30 October 2020.

The standing committees are expert groups drawn from ESMA staff and the national competent authorities for securities markets regulation in the Member States, and are responsible for the development of policy in their respective areas.