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Carlo Comporti named next ESMA chair
The Council of the European Union confirmed Carlo Comporti as ESMA chair in Brussels on 9 October 2026. He takes up the role on 1 November 2026.
- Council of the European Union confirmed the appointment in Brussels.
- Comporti starts as ESMA chair on 1 November 2026.
- Verena Ross said she had led ESMA as chair for the last five years.
Action
The European Securities and Markets Authority said Carlo Comporti has been appointed as its next chair. The Council of the European Union confirmed the appointment in Brussels on 9 October 2026.
Comporti will take up the post on 1 November 2026.
Respondents
ESMA said Comporti was previously a commissioner at CONSOB, the Italian securities regulator, since February 2022. It said he was also a member of ESMA’s Board of Supervisors and Management Board, chair of its Digital Finance Standing Committee, and a member of the IOSCO Board.
Before CONSOB, he was CEO of Promontory Italy and COO of Promontory Europe, a business unit of IBM Consulting, from 2011 to 2022. ESMA said he had also been Directeur Général of Promontory France and secretary general of the Committee of European Securities Regulators from 2008.
Effective
The appointment takes effect on 1 November 2026.
Penalty
No penalty was announced.