The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has appointed Rémi Kireche as Director of Advocacy to help drive forward the Association’s advocacy on Capital Markets Union (CMU), including in the policy areas of securitisation, equity capital markets, post-trade and sustainable finance, among others.

Rémi has spent 10 years working in financial services and public affairs in Brussels and Paris. He joins AFME from Flint Global, a political risk consulting firm where he advised financial institution clients on EU financial services policy and regulation.

Prior to Flint Global, Rémi worked for more than 5 years at the European Commission in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers. Rémi has also worked directly within financial institutions, having worked at one of AFME’s Board Member Firms, Société Générale, as a European Affairs Adviser. Prior to this he worked for the French regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), as a European Policy Officer, providing analysis and briefings on the activities and proposals of EU Institutions relevant to the AMF’s mandate, such as CMU. In 2013, Rémi also worked in Michel Barnier’s cabinet when he was the European Commissioner for the Internal Market.

Jacqueline Mills, Managing Director, Head of Advocacy, said: “We are delighted to appoint Rémi as a Director in AFME’s Advocacy team, joining us in Brussels to lead our work promoting capital markets which support economic growth across the EU and the UK. Rémi joins at a strategically important moment as the European Institutions begin to reflect on which actions to take forward in the next policy cycle to ensure that capital markets have the scale and depth needed to support investors and issuers. Rémi brings a wealth of experience in financial services policy from both the public and private sectors and we look forward to working with him.”

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