Ugo Bassi is Director of Financial Markets at FISMA since 2012. A lawyer by profession, he has worked as a ‘référendaire’ at the European Court of Justice from 1990 to 1997. In the last years, he held several management positions at the European Commission and was responsible for various post-crisis measures in the area of financial services and markets such as Post-trade, Securities, Asset Management, Audit, Accounting, and Credit Rating Agencies. He represents the European Commission at high-level fora and events worldwide and contributes to the international work of the Commission in the area.