Gabriel Bernardino | |
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![]() Gabriel Bernardino speaking at the EIOPA Conference in 2012 | |
Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority | |
In office 1 March 2011 –28 February 2021 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Chairman of the Managing Board of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors | |
In office 2009–2011 | |
Director General of the Directorate for Development and Institutional Relations at the Instituto de Seguros de Portugal | |
In office 2007–2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bombarral,Portugal | 9 December 1964
Alma mater | Universidade Nova de Lisboa,Mathematics |
Gabriel Rodrigo Ribeiro Tavares Bernardino (born 1964) is a Portuguese mathematician [1] who has been serving as the chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) from 2011 to 2021. [2] [3]
Bernardino was born in Bombarral,a village north of Lisbon. His father was a farmer. [4] He holds degrees in mathematics and statistics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. [5]
During Portugal's presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2007,Bernardino chaired the initial Council working group responsible for negotiating the Solvency II directive and the Accounting Expert Group. [6] From 2009 to early 2011,he served as chairman of the managing board of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS),EIOPA's predecessor. [2]
Bernardino took up the post of chairman of the newly created European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on 1 March 2011,for a first five-year term. His nomination followed a pre-selection of the European Commission and was confirmed by the European Parliament after a public hearing on 1 February 2011. [7] On 16 December 2015,the European Parliament reelected Bernardino for a second five-year term,which started on 1 March 2016 and ended in February 2021. As Chairman of EIOPA,he was responsible for the strategic direction of the financial regulatory authority.