Members of the European Parliament’s Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Civil Liberties (LIBE) selected Italy’s Bruna Szego as Chair of the European Union’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) on Monday 25 November (see EUROPE 13420/20).
The MEPs made this choice after a three-hour hearing. Since 2022, Ms Szego has been head of unit at the Banca d’Italia, reporting directly to management and leading the work on anti-money laundering regulation and supervision and combating terrorist financing.
She was an alternate member of the Single Resolution Board set up within the Single Resolution Mechanism, and a member of the Resolution Committee established at the European Banking Authority (EBA).
According to MEP Eero Heinäluoma (S&D, Finnish), who shared his views on X, she is “committed to establishing common European rules and taking measures to combat money laundering”. “Under her leadership, the new agency will develop its policies for the future”, he commented. (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)