Pierre-Yves Thoraval

As part of his 30-year tenure at the Bank of France, the nation's central bank, Pierre-Yves served as Deputy Secretary General of the French Banking Commission (Commission Bancaire), charged with protecting depositors as well as acting as watchdog over the French banking and financial system to ensure its profitability and financial stability. As Deputy Secretary General, he was in charge of all aspects of five departments, with 600 staff members. For more than 10 years, he was a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, and participated in or chaired many of its working groups. He also participated in the work of the London-based European Committee of Banking Supervisors, most recently heading its working group on common European reporting (COREP). He has written several White papers (IT/IS risk, analytic accounting, Y2k, Euro changeover) and articles.