Giovanni Francesco D'Ecclesiis

Born in Taranto on 4 July 1963, married with two daughters.

Since 16 October 2014, he has been seconded to IVASS. Since 15 February 2015 he has been in charge of the Anti-money laundering Sector of the Inspection Directorate where he:

•  coordinates on-site and off-site supervisory activities,

•  cooperates with the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Financial Police) in the controls and inspections carried out by the latter,

• cooperates with the Ministry of Economy and Finance in drafting primary legislation and oversees the production of secondary legislation issued by IVASS,

• collaborates with Italian and foreign judicial and supervisory authorities and with international organizations (FATF, EBA, EIOPA).

He graduated with honours in Economics and Business from the University of Bari in 1988; he is a chartered accountant, labour consultant, and has been registered as a statutory auditor since 1999; he is qualified to teach “Legal and Economic Disciplines,” “Applied Mathematical Sciences,” and “Business Economics” in secondary schools.

From May 2011 to April 2014, he was Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the Cassa di Sovvenzioni e Risparmio fra i Dipendenti della Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy Employees' Savings and Loan Fund).

He joined the Bank of Italy in July 1992 and was assigned to the Supervisory Inspectorate, where he carried out inspection activities until October 2014, with responsibility for investigations at major national banking and financial intermediaries.

He has been a technical consultant to the judicial authorities in proceedings relating to usury and anti-money laundering.

He has been a member of the Italian delegation to the Financial Action Task Force since 2007 (since 2014 on behalf of IVASS); he has participated in assessment teams for the assessment of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism systems of Greece and Germany.

He has been a short-term expert for the National Bank of Romania on anti-money laundering and supervisory inspection issues and for the Financial Intelligence Unit of Turkey on anti-money laundering.

He has coordinated working groups on regulatory issues for the Bank of Italy and IVASS.

He is a speaker at seminars and conferences on prudential supervision and anti-money laundering.

Before joining the Bank of Italy, he worked at the Istituto Bancario San Paolo in Turin from December 1985 to June 1992.