David Wright will explain to us how to endorse IOSCO’s operational goals and priorities through building an independent research capacity to identify risks to the fair and efficient functioning of markets, liaising with other international financial standard setters and other global bodies having a  mission complementary  to  that  of  IOSCO in order to address  systemic   risks. Mr. Wright will also discuss about developing  international  standards, including  those  aimed  to  deal with  emerging  risks, the full  implementation of  the IOSCO MOU and strengthening  communications with stakeholders, in particular   the investors and bodies representing the industry.

David WRIGHT is responsible for leading the work of IOSCO’s General Secretariat in support of the work of the organization since March 2012. Mr. Wright has been a senior advisor to the European Commission during the financial crisis and his most recent position has been as a member of the Commission's Task Force on Greece which is helping define and deploy a major technical assistance programmefor Greece. During his 34 years working for the European Commission at the highest levels of the European Unions' political and regulatory system, Mr. WRIGHT had key roles in designing and finding political agreements on the major European securities legislation such as MIFID and the Transparency, Prospectus andMarket Abuse directives and acting as rapporteur on the De LarosièreCommittee on financial services reform.

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