Who we are
PrintThe PIOB Board
The Public Interest Oversight Board is chaired by Professor Stavros Thomadakis and comprises individuals from a number of professions and all branches of regulation. Its ten members were nominated by the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, the World Bank and the European Commission.
Back row: Gonzalo Ramos, Michael Hafeman, Fayezul Choudhury, Aulana L. Peters, Antoine Bracchi and Kai Uwe Marten.
Front Row: David Brown, Toshiharu Kitamura, Stavros Thomadakis (Chairman), Sylvie Mathérat and Sir Bryan Nicholson.
Present Board Members
- Stavros Thomadakis (Chairman)
- Antoine Bracchi
- David Brown
- Fayezul Choudhury
- Michael Hafeman
- Toshiharu Kitamura
- Kai-Uwe Marten
- Sylvie Mathérat
- Sir Bryan Nicholson
- Aulana L.Peters
New Secretary General Mr. Gonzalo Ramos (July 2009)
Former Members
Prof- Dr. Arnold Schilder, RA (March 2005 - July 2008)
Executive Director, De Nederlandsche Bank NV, Netherlands. Member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and Chair of the Basel Committee’s Accounting Task Force 1999-2006
Mr. Kosuke Nakahira (March 2005 - May 2007)
President and Chief Executive, Shinkin Central Bank. Former Vice - Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan.
Former Secretary General Ms. Donna Bovolaneas (2005- 2009)
PIOB Secretariat
The PIOB is supported in its mission by a General Secretariat, located in Madrid, Spain, which provides a full range of strategic, research, communications and administrative services through the efforts of a small but talented team of professionals.
Currently this team is made up of:
Secretary General, Mr. Gonzalo Ramos, gramos@ipiob.org,
Director of Oversight, Ms. Susana Novoa, snovoa@ipiob.org,
Communications Director, Ms. Carlta Vitzthum, cvitzthum@ipiob.org,
Executive Assistant, Ms.Rocío Goudie - rgoudie@ipiob.org.