Klaus Kumpfmüller, Executive Director at the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA), has been elected as member of the Management Board of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He will therefore serve on the Board for two and a half years.
The Management Board is responsible for ensuring that ESMA fulfills the tasks assigned to it. Mr Kumpfmüller’s responsibilities will include budgeting, staffing and work programme. The Board consists of the ESMA Chairperson Steven Maijoor and six further members who are elected by the Board of Supervisors (BoS). These are, alongside Kumpfmüller, Julie Galbo (Denmark), Kostas Botopoulos (Greece), Gérard Rameix (France), Jean Guill (Luxembourg) und Martin Wheatley (UK).
Journalists may address further enquiries to:
Klaus Grubelnik (FMA Media Spokesperson)
+43/(0)1/24959-5106
+43/(0)676/882 49 516