The International Organization of Securities Commissions announced Monday that it has found a new chief of staff.
IOSCO has appointed David Wright as its new secretary general, responsible for leading the work of IOSCO’s general secretariat in support of the organization. It’s expected he will take up his position in March.
Wright has spent more than 34 years working for the European Commission. Most recently he has been a member of the Commission’s Task Force on Greece. He has also advised European Commission presidents; been a member of cabinet; and since the end of the 1990’s, working to integrate the European Union’s financial services and capital markets, including holding key roles in designing and finding political agreements on the major European securities legislation such as MIFID and the Transparency, Prospectus and Market Abuse directives.
“I am delighted to announce the appointment of David Wright as IOSCO’s new secretary general. David comes to IOSCO with an extensive background in European and international regulatory and political policy through his various leading roles at the European Commission,” said Maria Helena Santana, chair of the executive committee of IOSCO.
“I believe that this experience will be an important asset in leading the general secretariat’s work in helping to deliver IOSCO’s strategic priorities of organizational reform, supporting capacity building, widening technical assistance and contributing to global regulatory reform,” she added.