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Lobbying and Networking in Financial Markets

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Special Adviser, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation; Senior Researcher, ETUI - European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
Executive Director, Retail Financial Services, Legal, Economic and Social Affairs, European Banking Federation, Brussels
Director, Directorate D Markets and Cases III: Financial Services, Directorate-General Competition, European Commission, Brussels
Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs and Head of Deutsche Bank EU Representation, Deutsche Bank AG, Brussels
Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna Chair

Andreas BOTSCH

Special Adviser, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation; Senior Researcher, ETUI - European Trade Union Institute, Brussels

1985-1988 Deputy Director, Satzbüro Anschläge, Freiburg
1988-1998 Senior Policy Adviser, OECD-TUAC, Paris
1998-2000 Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, Brussels (Employment Policies, Macro-economic Dialogue)
2000-2008 Executive Secretary, Head Economics Department, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand, Berlin
since 2008 Special Adviser, ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation; Senior Researcher, ETUI - European Trade Union Institute, Brussels

LLM Sébastien DE BROUWER

Executive Director, Retail Financial Services, Legal, Economic and Social Affairs, European Banking Federation, Brussels

 Global custody trainee, management of important claims, Royale Belge (Currently Axa)
1999-2006 Legal Adviser, in charge of Consumer affairs, financial crimes (AML, CFT, Compliance), Payments etc., Febelfin (Belgian Federation of Finance)
2006-2007 Head of European Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, Febelfin (Belgian Federation of Finance)
since 2007 Executive Director, Retail Financial Services, Legal, Economic and Social Affairs and Member of the Management Committee, European Banking Federation

Dr. Irmfried SCHWIMANN

Director, Directorate D Markets and Cases III: Financial Services, Directorate-General Competition, European Commission, Brussels

 University degree in law and political science
1984-1989 Diplomatic Service, Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, posts in Vienna, New Delhi, Brussels
1989-1999 Head of service "International relations", Bundesländer Insurance Company; after merger/restructuring: UNIQA insurance group
since 1999 European Commission
1999-2006 DG Internal Market
1999-2002 Desk officer, Unit "Payment Systems and Retail Issues"
2002-2003 Member, Commissioner Bolkestein' s cabinet
2003-2006 Head, Unit "Financial Services Policy"
since 2006 Directorate General Competition
2006-2009 Head, Unit "Financial Services" (Antitrust)
2007-2009 Acting Director, "Financial Services and Health-related markets"
since 2009 Director, "Markets and Cases III: Financial Services,
  Head, Financial Crisis Task Force

Dr. Ansgar TIETMEYER

Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs and Head of Deutsche Bank EU Representation, Deutsche Bank AG, Brussels

1986-1992 Studies of Economics and Social Science at the University of Münster, University of Paris-Dauphine; University of Bonn
1992-1996 Research Fellow, University of Bochum, PhD 1996
1996-1997 Management Trainee, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt
1997-1999 Financial Analyst, Credit Risk Management and Personal Assistant to former Chairman of Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf
1999-2003 Senior Relationship Manager "Public Sector" for the Regional State Government of North-Rhine Westphalia, Municipalities and other Public Institutions
2003-2005 Senior Banker for French Subsidiaries of Multinationals Deutsche Bank AG and Head of Business Management, "Global Banking Division" Deutsche Bank AG, Paris

Mag. Paul SCHMIDT

Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna

2001-2006 Expert for European Policy, OeNB (Central Bank of the Republic of Austria), Brussels/Basel/Paris
2006-2009 Deputy Head, Representative Office of the OeNB (Central Bank of the Republic of Austria) at the Permanent
  Representation of Austria to the European Union, Brussels
since 2009 Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna