Andrea Enria (born 3 July 1961) an Italian economist who served as Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as the chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) between 2011 and 2019.

Early life and education

Enria was born in the port of

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and was raised by his father and grandparents after his mother's early death. He studied economics at

Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

and holds a M.Phil. degree in economics from the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

Career

After his studies, Enria joined the

Bank of Italy The Bank of Italy (Italian language, Italian: ''Banca d'Italia'', , informally referred to as ''Bankitalia'') is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Italy within the Eurosystem. It was the Italian central bank from ...

as an economist specialising in banking analysis, competition and regulation. In 1995, he briefly served as adviser to Italian

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Lamberto Dini Lamberto Dini (; born 1 March 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994, Italian Minister of the Treasury, Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996, the 51st Prime Minister of Ital ...

. From 1999 until 2004, Enria worked on banking supervision at the

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in Frankfurt. In 2004, he became the first secretary general of the newly established Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), based in London. From 2008 to 2010, he served as head of bank supervision at the Bank of Italy, under the leadership of governor

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. On 16 December 2015 Enria had his post at EBA renewed (until February 2021) after confirmation by the

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previous public hearing held at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). By mid-2018, news media reported that the Italian government would nominate Enria to replace Danièle Nouy as chair of the supervisory board at the

; by September 2018, the ECB shortlisted him as one of only three candidates for the position. He was appointed Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board by the Council of the European Union on 6 December 2018 for a five-year term as of 1 January 2019.

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