The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), regulator and supervisor of the financial markets of the European Union, has appointed Carlos San Basilio, president of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), as a new member of its Board.
San Basilio will replace Carlo Comporti, from the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob), who will leave his position as a Board member to take on his new role as President of the ESMA, starting from 1 November.
According to the European regulator, the election took place at the Supervisory Board meeting in Paris on 6 October 2026.
Following these changes, from 1 November 2026, the Board of the ESMA will be composed of:
- Carlo Comporti, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA);
- Thorsten Pötzsch, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Germany
- Carlos San Basilio, National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Spain
- Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France
- Christopher P. Buttigieg, Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), Malta
- Peter Tkáč, Národná Banka Slovenska (NBS), Slovakia
- Armi Taipale, Finanssivalvonta (FIN-FSA), Finland
- Natasha Cazenave, Executive Director of ESMA (non-voting member)
- Vojtěch Belling, Vice-chairman of ESMA (observer)
- Representative of the European Commission (non-voting member).