30/03/2021 - New EFRAG Board appointed

​The new composit​​ion of the EFRAG Board was unanimously agreed by the EFRAG Ge​neral Assembly at its meeting on 25 March 2021 based on the new governance structure for the EFRAG Board. The three-year term of EFRAG Board members commences on 1 May 2021.

The newly appointed members are Olivier Scherer (accountancy profession se​​​at); Michael Fechner (corporate sector seat); Roman Sauer (insurance sector seat); Serge Pattyn (user seat and Vice-President); and Gerhard Prachner (AFRAC – Austrian Standard Setter). 

Outgoing members ​​​are Hans Buysse (EFRAG Board Vice-President), Luca Cencio​​​ni, Benoit Jaspar, Claes Norberg, Laurence Rivat and Mark Vaessen.

The observer seat with speaking rights for European private investor org​​anisations will be taken up by Jella Benner-Heinacher, representing Better Finance in the place of Jean Medernach.

In agreeing the new EFRAG Board composition, the EFRAG General Assembly sought for ​geographical and gender balance of the Board, which represents the various constituenc​​​ies of the EFRAG membership.

The EFRAG Board new ​composition in full:

• Jean Paul Gauzès – President
  

European Stakeholder Organisations

• Olivier Scherer, accountancy profession sector (French)
  
• Rosa Bruguera, banking sector (Spanish); deputy Ricardo Sanchez (Spanish)
  
• Michael Fechner, corporate sector (German); deputy Kristian Koktvedgaard (Danish)
  
• Roman Sauer, insurance sector (German)
  
• Serge Pattyn, user sector (Belgian) – Vice-President
  

National Standards Setters

• Patrick de Cambourg, Chairman ANC (France)
  
• Sven Morich, Vice-President ASCG (Germany)
  
• Angelo Caso, Chairman OIC (Italy)
  
• Gerhard Prachner, member AFRAC (Austria) 
  
• Søren Kok Olsen, International liaison observer, former Vice-Chair DASC (Denmark)
  
• Gerard van Santen, Chairman DASB (Netherlands)
  
• Maria Urrea, member ICAC Board (Spain) 
  
• Anders Ullberg, Chairman SFRB (Sweden)
  

Observers with speaking rights

• EC: Alain Deckers
  
• EBC: Jürgen Kirchhof / Kallol Sen
  
• EBA: Delphine Reymondon
  
• EIOPA: Sandra Hack
  
• ESMA: Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor
  

European organisations representing private investors

• ​Private investors (Better Finance): Jella Benner-Heinacher