Pietro Franchini

Born in Bari on 30 May 1965.

In 1988 he graduated with honours in Economics from the University of Bari "Aldo Moro" with a dissertation in Statistics.

In 1990, he was hired by the Bank of Italy and now holds the position of Principal Director, on secondment to IVASS.

In IVASS since January 2016, he holds the position of Deputy Head of the Research and Data Management Directorate (since August 2016), collaborating, among other things, in the planning and management of data collection and use for statistical, supervisory, anti-fraud and consumer protection purposes as well as in the coordination of data dissemination of insurance statistics. He coordinates the Working Group on Solvency II Reporting and represents the Institute in EIOPA in his capacity as member of the Information Technology and Data Committee and contact person for Solvency II statistics. He has been chairman of competition committees.

From December 2013 to December 2015, he was a member of the Financial Stability Board Secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, with expertise on data collection projects in support of financial stability policy and analysis (common template for G-SIBs, shadow banking, securities financing transactions, OTC derivatives). He participated in the Basel Committee group on risk data aggregation and reporting of systemic banks and in the implementation of global standards, including the LEI code, and international statistics for the BIS. He has represented the FSB in international statistical coordination fora, including the Inter-Agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics composed of the IMF, BIS, OECD, ECB, Eurostat, FSB, WB and UN.

From 2008 to 2013, he was Head of the Database Administration and IT Support Division in the Banking and Financial Supervision Area at the Bank of Italy. He followed the statistical and IT activities in support of the Supervision Area and in collaboration with other sectors of the Bank, the collection and processing of statistics on the banking and financial system for supervisory analysis and reporting to international and national institutions, the management of registers, anti-usury issues, the business continuity of the Italian financial centre in the CODISE group. He has been coordinator or member of working groups at national and international level (ECB, ESRB, EBA, BIS, FSB and IMF).

Previously, he was assigned to the Credit Institutions Supervision Directorate, Financial Statements and Supervisory Reporting Division, Database Administration Sector (from 1992 to 2008) and to the Information Systems Directorate (from 1991 to 1992).

He has participated as a speaker at national and international conferences and seminars on banking and economic statistics and is the author of publications on the subject.